Recycle Used Jewelry

recycle jewelry with The ReCollective

The ReCollective Recycles Jewelry

Jewelry can still have value even after it is no longer worn. Many people have old necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and other pieces tucked away in drawers, even though they may still be useful for reuse, repair, or repurposing. 

The ReCollective helps create a reuse pathway for jewelry by collecting it and partnering with community organizations and The Scrap Exchange to give it a new life.

Jewelry should be placed in your own bag, not the ReCo Pick bag.

 

Accepted Materials

We are collecting used jewelry, including:

  • Necklaces
  •  Pendants
  •  Bracelets
  •  Brooches
  •  Earrings
  • Costume jewelry
  • Precious metal jewelry
  • Broken jewelry
  • Solo earrings

Please place jewelry in a separate bag, standard grocery size or smaller, and set it inside your black waterproof bag on pickup day. Do not place these items in your ReCo Pick bag.

What is NOT included? Please do not include loose beads, loose gems, loose clasps, sharp items, or jewelry that is unsalvageable. Jewelry can be worn and/or broken, but it should still be suitable for reuse, repair, or repurposing.

ReCollective warehouse for recycling

How does The ReCollective recycle jewelry?

Collected jewelry is sorted and prepared for delivery to community partners, including The Scrap Exchange. These partners help give jewelry a new life through reuse, creative repurposing, and upcycling.

Repurposing jewelry can mean transforming existing pieces into something completely different by combining old materials, altering them, or using them in new creations.

At The ReCollective, we recycle jewelry across the Triangle, NC, including Durham, Raleigh, Cary, and Chapel Hill, as well as through our Almost Anything Bag Mailback program.