Examples
Any appliance with a rechargeable battery including toothbrushes, razors, and vacuums.

Price
$2 each

Examples
Vacuums, toasters, blenders, toaster ovens, mixers

Price
Small quantities included in Hub Club Membership; Car trunk-full $10, SUV-full $25

Examples
Alkaline, nickel-cadmium, lithium

Price
Most common batteries are $2 per pound; see pricing guide for details

Price
$3 each

Price
$5–$15 each, see pricing guide for details

Examples
Computers, laptops, cell phones, printers, speakers, home entertainment, and mixed electronics

Price
Small amounts are included with Hub Club memberships; car trunks are $10; SUV $15

Examples
CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes, video tapes, floppy disks, and electronic media cases

Price
$2 per pound

Examples
All ink and toner cartridges accepted.

Price
$2 per pound

Examples
All bulbs are accepted: LED, CFL, tube, and more.

Price
Starts at $2 ea.; see pricing guide for details

Examples
Refrigerators, dehumidifiers, mini-fridge, window AC unit, mini-freezers

Price
Small units: $15 each
Large units: $25 each

Price
Photoelectric: $5 each
Ionized: $20 each

Price
$1 per pound (additional costs apply to “traditional” screw-in bulbs; see pricing guide for details)

Material
Car and bike tires and inner tubes; on or off the rim

Price
Ranges from $1–$25 each

Material
All TVs including CRT and flatscreen

Price
Ranges from $5–$25; see pricing guide for details

Material
X-rays, vapes, and e-cigarettes.

Price
$2 each

Material
Any aluminum items including pie tins, can lids, yogurt lids, keys, pots/pans

Result
Recycled locally by River Metals Recycling: rmrecycling.com

Examples
Any amount of cords including USB cords, power cords, TV input cables, and HDMI cables

Result
Recycled for metal components

Example
Broken and used crayons

Result
Recycling and eventually reuse for those in need

Examples
Jeans (90+% cotton content)

Result
Upcycled into pet bed stuffing insulation, sustainable packaging

Material
Unused diapers

Result
Donated to Sweet Cheeks for those in need: coverdgc.org

Examples
Paper or plastic egg cartons in any condition

Result
Reuse or recycled

Examples
Eyeglasses in any condition

Result
Recycling or reuse

Example
Packing styrofoam, food containers, oft foam sheets, styrofoam packing peanuts (Peanuts must be enclosed in a box or bag and verified with staff at drop off. We do not accept cornstarch peanuts, but you can dissolve those in water or compost in your yard.)

Result
Recycling

Material
Most usable and unusable supplies; we currently do not accept binders

Results
Recycled or reused depending on condition

Material
Cleaned and sanitized #5 PP pill bottles

Result
Donated to Matthew 25 Ministries or Cincinnati Animal Care for reuse

Material
#2 HDPE, #3, #4 LDPE, #5 PP, #6 PS, #7 OTHER, and No # rigid plastics

Examples
Unwrapped straws and utensils, takeout containers, Tupperware, fruit containers (clamshells), bread tags, clear cookie/cracker trays, garden pots, Paktechs

Result
Recycling into fuels and plastic materials

Material
Mixed material soft plastic packaging

Examples
Snack bags, granola bar wrappers, 6-pack plastic rings, produce netting

Material
#4 and #2 soft plastics

Examples
Cereal bags, grocery bags, bubble wrap, produce bags, bread bags

Result
Recycled into composite decking

Examples
Aluminum can tabs

Result
Recycling (Profits benefit families of Ronald McDonald House of Cincinnati: rmhcincinnati.org)

Material
Athletic shoes in any condition
Non-athletic shoes in good condition

Result
Both reuse and recycling

Material
Unwrapped items are collected in our gnereal items to be recycled. (Wrapped utensils/straws are accepted in our reuse collection and are donated to local nonprofits.)

Result
Recycling

Material
We send 20 different collections to TerraCycle. Read about all the TerraCycle collections on our What We Take Through TerraCycle collection page.

Result
Recycled

Plastic or ceramic.

Dress shoes only. Must be in good condition

Wrapped utensils only.