YOU CAN RECYCLE MORE!
The ReCollective makes it easy to recycle plastic bags, batteries, bulbs, textiles, styrofoam, crinkly plastic packaging, organics, and many other common hard-to-recycle household materials – we pick it up right from your front door!
You collect Hard-to-Recycle materials at home, we take it from there!
Each month, members can recycle 8+ different materials, totaling over 30 unique materials annually—all with a focus on reuse. Our reusable canvas bags make it easy! Get started with a free month of Hard-To-Recycle Service with Code RECO26.
Curbside recycling programs can only take so much. The ReCollective fills the gap! We reuse and reimagine your materials whenever possible, then recycle the rest!
- Textiles: Reuse when possible, then recycle.
- Crinkly Packaging: Recycled
- Plastic Film: Recycled
- Used Bulbs & Batteries: Recycled
- Styrofoam: Recycled
- ReCo Picks: Almost all ReCo picks are reused!
- Organics/Food Scraps: Composted
RECOLLECTING IS EASY
Where Does Your ReCollected Stuff Go?
ReCo is more than recycling! Our circular economy looks first to reuse or reimagine the stuff you no longer need, then to recycle everything else.
35% of ReCo Collected Items are Recycled
Materials like plastic bags, styrofoam, unusable textiles, batteries, light bulbs, old electronics, and shredded paper get recycled at local recyclers!
40% of ReCo Collected Items are Reused
Materials like usable clothing, art supplies, books, CDs/DVDs, kitchenware, toys, and corks are given to local community organizations and businesses to be put to good use or reimagined into something new!
25% of ReCo Collected Items are Composted
Food scraps and organics collected through our ReCollective OneStop service go to the composter!
More recycling. Less trash. Happier households.
ReCo members appreciate the convenience, reliable pickups, and confidence that their hard-to-recycle materials are going to responsible next steps.
Less landfill waste
“We’ve SIGNIFICANTLY reduced our waste to the local landfill and only need to roll our trash bin to the curb one or twice a month now.”
No more drop-off trips
“I love The Recollective! They make recycling so easy. Now I don’t have to run all over town to drop off batteries, bulbs, textiles, etc.”
Clear and transparent
“Very good communications and website that keeps me updated on the materials that I should set out, pickup dates, and new programs. In terms of volume, our total recycling is about 3-4 times the amount of our trash.”
Pickup service across the Triangle and Triad
ReCo provides Hard-To-Recycle pickup from Greensboro and Burlington through Durham, Chapel Hill and Carrboro, Cary, Raleigh, Wake Forest, and surrounding communities.
Food scrap pickup is also available in select areas of Durham, Cary, and Raleigh.
Outside our pickup area? Our Almost Anything Mailback program serves households within 500 miles of our Durham warehouse.
ReCo members are making a big impact
More than 1,000 households use The ReCollective. Since September 2022, our members have helped keep hundreds of thousands of pounds of hard-to-recycle materials out of the landfill.
And much more.
Local by design
The ReCollective is locally operated, with no private equity or venture capital backing. That keeps our focus on serving members and supporting waste diversion right here in North Carolina.
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