October at ReCo
It’s time to start making a plan to vote and to help others do the same. For those in North Carolina, key dates for the upcoming election are coming up.
Voter Registration Deadline
October 9
To vote on Election Day, you need to register by this date. If you miss the deadline, you can still register and vote during early voting.
Early Voting Starts
October 15
Early voting runs through 3 p.m. on October 31. You can vote at any early voting site in your county. If you still need to register, you can register and vote at the same site.
These resources can help you make your plan to vote.
North Carolina State Board of Elections: Election Dates and Voting Information You Can Vote’s NC voter guideNC Election Protection Hotline
Democracy North Carolina’s nonpartisan voter hotline is available throughout the year. Call or text 888-OUR-VOTE (888-687-8683) with questions about registering or voting in North Carolina, or to report voting problems.
Spanish/English: 888-VE-Y-VOTA (888-839-8682)
Your Sorting Helps Our Sorting
Crinkly Packaging vs. #1 Plastics
We hand-sort the materials you send us. Doing your best to put things in the right bag makes our sorting easier.
Mistakes happen, and we do the final sorting! This clear clamshell is a helpful reminder that flexible packaging and rigid containers go in different bags.
Pink Crinkly Packaging bag
Thicker, “crunchy” plastic that flexes but holds its shape and tears instead of stretching.
Think chip and snack bags, candy and granola bar wrappers, coffee bags and frozen-food packaging.
Blue #1 Plastics bag
Optional add-on bag: Clear, rigid PET/PETE #1 containers shaped like a box or clamshell.
Think berry, produce, salad and bakery containers.
School & Office Supplies Update
School & Office Supply Month is especially fun to sort because we can see things getting another life!
Your supplies are staying useful with Durham Public Schools teachers and The Scrap Exchange Reuse Arts Center.
That’s community circularity. Things from your home find a use nearby instead of becoming waste.
Almost Anything Mailback
Not in our local pickup service area? You can still recycle with us by mail.
Almost Anything Mailback is available to households within 500 miles of our Durham warehouse and accepts 30+ hard-to-recycle materials.
After you send a bag, you can follow its shipping and processing status, then see your top recycled materials and any items that should not have been included after sorting.
Explore Mailback Recycling
For OneStop members
OneStop Compost Give Back
It’s time to make your OneStop selection. OneStop combines Hard-to-Recycle pickup and Food Scraps/Organics collection into one convenient home service.
Twice per year, OneStop members can choose between compost back or free recycling add-ons.
Make your selection in the Member Dashboard Shop by October 2. Depending on your choice, it will be delivered by mid-October or you can put it out with your next regular pickup.
Make Your Selection
Community Compost
Want to help your community compost more?
Consider hosting a Community Compost cart at your HOA, community center or church. It only takes five or more members to get started.
Learn About Community Compost
Our referral program has been updated
Give a Free Month. Get $10.
Know someone who has been curious about ReCo? We’ve updated our referral program, and this is a great time to share it.
They receive a free month. You receive a $10 account credit. There’s no limit on referrals.
Share your personal referral link with a friend or neighbor to help more materials stay in use.
Find Your Referral LinkPrefer something to hand to a neighbor? You can order printed referral postcards in the Member Dashboard Shop. Each postcard has a QR code tied to your custom referral link.
October ReCo Pick
Electronics
Phones, keyboards, cords, cables and other approved small electronics go in your Red ReCo Pick bag.
See the electronics guide View the ReCo Pick calendar
Bonus: Empty Pill Bottles
Place empty pill bottles in a separate grocery-sized bag inside your black waterproof bag.
Almost Anything Plan members may include approved ReCo Pick materials during any monthly pickup.