Recycling made easy—right from your mailbox.

Almost Anything Bag How It Works Preview

An Almost Anything Bag surrounded by accepted hard-to-recycle materials

Fill Your Bag

Place accepted hard-to-recycle items in your bag, including plastic film, textiles, styrofoam, crinkly packaging, kitchenware, and much more.

A sealed Almost Anything Bag ready to be returned

Return Your Bag

Use the prepaid shipping label from your kit, then drop the bag with USPS or schedule a free pickup from your home. The ReCollective takes care of the rest.

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Start Making a Difference

Each Almost Anything Bag you send back helps reduce landfill waste while supporting reuse and responsible recycling.

Since launching in September 2022, The ReCollective has processed more than 50,000 bags through doorstep pickup in the Raleigh-Durham area and our Almost Anything Bag mailback program.

We provide mailback service within a 500-mile radius of our Durham, North Carolina warehouse, reaching communities across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Keeping shipments closer to home helps reduce transportation impact and supports a more regional circular economy.

50,000+ bags processed through pickup and mailback

500 miles mailback service radius from Durham

Order Bags

A ReCollective team member holding an Almost Anything Bag — Fill your bag with accepted hard-to-recycle items and mail it back to our Durham team.

Almost Anything Bag with examples of accepted hard-to-recycle items

Order online from ReCo

Your bags arrive ready to fill

Every mailback kit includes bags delivered to your home and prepaid return shipping.

All ReCo Mailback Bags measure 14.5" × 19" and include prepaid return shipping.

Most flexible

Almost Anything Mailback Bags

Send 30+ accepted hard-to-recycle materials together, including textiles, plastic film, styrofoam, crinkly packaging, kitchenware, corks, and much more.

3-bag kit $75 · 6-bag kit $138

Material-specific

Dedicated Mailback Bags

Keep individual material streams separate with bags for textiles, plastic film, and crinkly packaging.

3-packs starting at $11 per bag

Order Mailback Bags

Easy return shipping

Fill it, seal it, and send it back

When your bag is full, scan the QR code on the bag to access your prepaid shipping label.

Drop it off with USPS or schedule a free pickup from your home. Online ordering is available within 500 miles of our Raleigh-Durham service area.

ReCo mailback bags for crinkly packaging, textiles, plastic film, and almost anything

Live in the Raleigh-Durham area and looking for our classic monthly Hard-to-Recycle doorstep service instead? Click here!

Hard-to-Recycle with ReCo!

Ready to Get Started?

Order your first bags!

or Find a Local Store:

Mindful Merchant

2425 Kildaire Farm Rd, Suite 401
Cary, NC

Fillaree

3117 Guess Rd- Ste A
Durham, NC

Casa Bella Market

3604 Witherspoon Blvd., #105
Durham, NC

Part & Parcel

1901 Chapel Hill Rd
Durham, NC

Freeman's Creative

2020 Chapel Hill Rd. Suite 25
Durham, NC

Stock our Bags?

If you are a shop owner, service provider, or other community organization that would like to distribute the Almost Anything Bag, contact us at help@therecollective.co.

Almost Anything Bag F.A.Q.s

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How do I know my stuff gets recycled or reused?

Yes! That’s the beauty of the Almost Anything Bag. Once we receive it at our Durham, NC facility, our team carefully sorts everything into the appropriate waste streams for local recycling and reuse.

How big is the Almost Anything Mailback Bag?

Each bag measures 19 inches by 14.5 inches—compact enough for mailing, but roomy enough to hold a surprising range of hard-to-recycle items.

What materials can go in the bag?

A lot! You can include plastic film, textiles, styrofoam, crinkly packaging, kitchenware, wine corks, office supplies, toys, and more. For the full list of accepted items, visit therecollective.co/aamaterials.

Is there a weight limit?

Yes—please keep each filled bag under 10 lbs to ensure safe and efficient handling.

How do I return my filled bag?

Request a prepaid shipping label included in your kit to send it back via USPS.

Where can I get a bag?

Live outside the Triangle, NC but within 500 miles? Order online and we’ll ship the kit to your door.
Live in the Triangle? Pick one up at a participating local retailer.

Where is mailback service available?

Mail-back is available to households within 500 miles of Durham, NC. This helps reduce shipping emissions and supports local circularity.

What are the bags made of?

Our mailback bags are made with 50% post-consumer waste and 50% recycled resin. Once received, the bags themselves are recycled via our LDPE waste stream.

Are there any materials I should not include in the bag?

Yes, there are a few important restrictions to comply with regulatory and safety requirements:

No electrical devices
No lithium batteries
No CFL or other glass lightbulbs
No sharp objects
No items not listed on the accepted materials page

Are there limits on what types of batteries I can include?

Yes—you may only include up to 10 AA or AAA alkaline batteries per bag.

I run a store or business—can I offer these bags to my customers?

Absolutely! It’s a great way to promote sustainability in your community. Reach out to help@therecollective.co for more info. We offer co-branded bags for high-volume partners.