City of St. Louis Department of Streets Refuse Division Recycling Program

As with any materials, the first effort should be to avoid generating that type of waste in the first place (aka waste reduction). The second most important method of dealing with waste is to reuse materials, although this will still involve some energy use and resource consumption. Thirdly, efforts should be make to recycle our wastes (although this consumes even more energy and resources than reuse). If unable to reduce waste, below are suggestions for reusing and recycling some items that are not typically included in mainstream or traditional recycling programs:

ATHLETIC SHOES (ANY BRAND)

• Donate shoes in good condition to your local consignment shop, secondhand store, or thrift shop.
• Nike Reuse-A-Shoe
  http://www.nike.com/nikebiz/nikebiz.jhtml?page=27&cat=reuseashoe&subcat=us-dropoff

  BACKPACKS

• Donate them to your local consignment shop, secondhand store, or thrift shop.
• American Birding Association Birders' Association
  http://www.americanbirding.org/bex/items.html

  BOTTLE CAPS

• RePlayGround
  http://www.replayground.com/pages/junk/junkhome.asp

  CLOTHING HANGERS

• Donate them to your local consignment shop, secondhand store, or thrift shop.
• Ask your local dry cleaner if they'll take them back (particularly metal hangers).

  CRAYONS

• Crayon Recycle Program
  http://www.crazycrayons.com

  EYEGLASSES

• Lions Club International
  http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/vision_eyeglass_recycling.shtml
• New Eyes for the Needy
  http://www.neweyesfortheneedy.org

  FABRIC RIBBONS (FROM PRINTERS)

• Ribbon Recyclers, Inc.
  http://www.recycleus.com/Ribbon%20Recyclers.htm

  FILM PROCESSING (35MM) WASTE - CANISTERS, CARTRIDGES, LIDS, SPOOLS

• Plastic Innovations, Inc.
  http://www.plastic-innovations.com/pifilmcontainer.html

  FLOWER VASES / BASKETS

• Flowers of Clayton
  http://www.flowersofclayton.com
  Phone: (314) 726-2424
  Address: 8125A Maryland Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105
  Trade in 3 vases or baskets in good condition and receive a fresh floral bouquet.

  GARDEN PLASTICS - CELL PACKS, HANGING BASKETS, POTS, TRAYS

• Missouri Botanical Garden's Plastic Plant Pot Recycling Program
  http://www.mobot.org/hort/activ/plasticpots.shtml
  Phone: (314) 577-9561
  "...weekends from mid-May through the end of June."

  GLASS - PLATE AND CONTAINER

• Strategic Materials
  http://www.strategicmaterials.com
  Phone: (314) 621-6928
  Address: 24 Branch Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63147

  HYGIENE - RAZORS, TONGUE CLEANERS, TOOTHBRUSHES

• Recycline
  http://www.recycline.com/environment

  KEYS

• Clements Lock and Key Company
  Phone: (314) 865-2242
  Address: 3009 Arsenal Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63118
• City of St. Louis - Refuse Division - Recycling Program
  Phone: (314) 353-7176
  Address: 4100 South First Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63118

  LIGHT STRANDS

• HolidayLEDs.com
  http://www.HolidayLEDs.com/holidayleds.com_christmas_light_recycling_program
  Address: 120 West Michigan Avenue, Suite 1403, Jackson, Michigan 49201

  MAILERS, PACKAGING MATERIALS, SHIPPING ENVELOPES

• DuPont
  http://www.envelopes.tyvek.com/en/science/versitile/vers_recycle.shtml

  MEDICAL EQUIPMENT

• American Medical Resource Foundation, Inc.
  http://www.amrf.com/donate.html
• Amicus Foundation
  http://www.amicusfoundation.org/amicus-2/giving-donate-bhutan-thailand/medical.html
• Bridge Ministries
  http://www.bridgemin.org/medicalequipment/medicalequipment01.html
• Child Family Health International
  http://www.cfhi.org/recover.php4
• Direct Relief International
  http://www.directrelief.org/sections/support_us/product_donations.html
• Durable Medical Equipment Exhange
  http://www.infinitecdme.org
• Global Links
  http://www.globallinks.org/how_to_help/donations
• GlobeMed
  http://www.globemed.org/sup_inkinddonations.html
• Globus Relief
  http://www.globusrelief.org/p_inkinddonations.asp
• International Medical Equipment Collaborative
  http://www.imecamerica.org/waystohelp.cfm?sctn=se
• InterVol - Recovery of Unused Medical Supplies (RUMS)
  http://www.intervol.org/rums/index.html
• Jewish Family and Children's Service of Southern Arizona, Inc.
  http://jfcstucson.org/tucson_loan_chest.htm#Donate_Equipment
• Med-Eq
  http://www.med-eq.org/Content/How_to_Donate.asp
• Medical Bridges
  http://www.medicalbridges.org/MB_donate_MedSupplies.htm
• MediSend
  http://www.medisend.org/donate-supplies.html
• Partners In Health
  http://www.pih.org/youcando/medsupplies.html
• Project C.U.R.E.
  http://www.projectcure.org/procure/procuredonate.aspx

  PLASTIC CARDS - CREDIT, GIFT, METRO TRANSPORTATION

• RePlayGround
  http://www.replayground.com/pages/junk/junkhome.asp

  SPORTS EQUIPMENT

• Berkley Conservation Institute - Recycling
  http://www.berkley-fishing.com/about_conservation.php#brp
  Fishing line/nylon monofilament line, spools.
• CRAGear
  http://www.cragear.com
  Climbing ropes.

  TRANSPARENCIES

• 3M Transparency Film Recycling Program
  http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Meetings/Home/Solutions/Product_Catalog/Transparency_Film/RecProg
  TYVEK ENVELOPES
• Sealed Air Corporation
  http://www.sealedair.com/enviro/recycle.html
  Bubble Wrap® air cellular cushioning, Instapak® foam-in-place packaging, Jiffy ShurTuff® mailers, Sealed Air® polyethylene foams

  WINE CORKS

• RePlayGround
  http://www.replayground.com/pages/junk/junkhome.asp
• Yemm & Hart Ltd.
  http://www.yemmhart.com/news+/winecorkrecycling.htm

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