How2Recycle Store Drop-Off (US plastic film)
Bags and film labelled Store Drop-Off can go to retailer bins, but a 2023 tracker study found most ended in landfill or overseas; the…
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Earth911 recycling locator (US)
Search by material and ZIP code for recycling, reuse and donation locations across the United States; free directory run by a media company.
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US bottle bills: deposits in 10 states
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon and Vermont refund 5 to 15 cents per container; find your state’s rules.
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Ridwell (US paid pickup for film and multilayer plastic)
Subscription doorstep pickup ($20 a month) in eight US metros plus mail-in; film goes to Trex decking and multilayer to building blocks, so it…
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Recycle BC and Return-It (British Columbia)
Recycle BC takes containers and paper at kerbside and flexible plastics and foam at depots; Return-It refunds a flat 10 cents on every drink…
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Ontario Blue Box under full producer responsibility
Since 1 January 2026 producers, not municipalities, run and pay for Ontario’s Blue Box; the accepted list now includes coffee cups, black plastic and…
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Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme (New Zealand)
Drop clean, dry soft plastics at Woolworths, New World, Pak’nSave and The Warehouse; processed onshore into fence posts and building boards.
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Plastic Pollution Coalition
US-based alliance that counters plastics-industry messaging and pushes source-reduction policy; donate online, tax-deductible in the US.
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Break Free From Plastic: join the movement (no donate page)
Global movement of 13,000+ groups and individuals; there is no public donation page, but you can join as a member and take part in…
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Surfers Against Sewage
UK marine conservation charity campaigning on plastic and sewage; runs Plastic Free Communities. Donate online; UK registered charity 1145877.