Join us for another Sustainable Swap on our Second floor at the Hub!

This swap is all about the garden & outdoors. Do you have extra garden tools you no longer need? Bring them to the Hub!

For this swap we are accepting tools in working order and items you can use in the garden like gloves, seeds, and planters. Please make sure items are clean and dry.

Sorry we cannot accept: plants, mulch/soil, or gas powered equipment.

Want to learn more about how to clean & sharpen your garden shears? Join our volunteer instructor, Lynn, at 11, 12, and 1 for a 20 min live demonstration.

Note: If you are attending for the swap only and not dropping off any recycling, please park in the Nehemiah lot across the street from the Hub and leave the closer parking spaces open for those unloading their vehicles.

We are offering a new monthly TerraCycle collection on the final Thursdays of the month. Bring extinguished, dry cigarette butts to recycle at the Hub. Collect butts in a sturdy plastic bag or bucket and dump into our special cigarette butt receptacle.

This is the only day each month we will accept these materials.

It's our birthday and we'll wine if we want to!

We're so grateful to Mike at Ludlow Wines for hosting us for a Happy Birthday Happy Hour fundraiser on April 17 from 5-8PM!
Tickets are $25 and include 2 glasses of wine and light bites.

We'll have some lovely silent auction packages and raffles to celebrate the Hub turning 3 years old!

Tickets are on sale now!

$1 for every cider sold will go to support the Hub! Stop in to chat with Hub staff and board members from 5-7 or drop off recycling. Limited collection will include:

Kroger packaging: Simple Truth™, Private Selection®, Kroger® Brand, Comforts®, HemisFares®, Luvsome®, Abound® and other Kroger Co. brands flexible plastic packagin.

Foil-lined granola bar wrappers: any brand

Entenmann's Little Bites pouches

Plastic utensils and straws wrapped and unwrapped

Oral care and deodorant packaging: any brand toothbrush, empty toothpaste tubes, floss picks, empty floss containers, and deodorant packaging.

Contact lens packaging: any brand contact lens blister packs, contact lens storage cases, and single-dose eye droppers.

Coffee bags

Store Drop Off plastics: Grocery bags, bread bags, overwrap (from bottled water, toilet paper, paper towels, etc), ziploc bags, produce bags, air pillows (from shipping), bubble wrap, cereal bags, newspaper bags, dry cleaning bags, #2 and #4 bags, plastic shipping envelopes (labels okay).

Rx bottles: orange, blue, or green bottles only.

Bimbo brand bread bags: Includes Sara Lee, Thomas', Brownberry, Bay's, Entenmann's, Arnold, Ballpark, Bimbo, Beefsteak, Nature's Harvest, The Rustik Oven, Cheesecake Factory, Lender's Bagels, and Boboli.

Bring your twist ties and bread clips! 

Please get as much of the food/product out of the packaging as possible before bringing it to us; all packaging must be dry when we receive it. Sticker labels on items are okay, even if paper-based.

We've been saving design samples/swatches, carpet books, fabrics, laminates, wall covering books/samples, brick and tile aggregate, school supplies, and empty product binders from the landfill and we want YOU to come repurpose them! Bring your boxes and bags to the Hub and haul away any items you'd like to repurpose or reuse!

Please note that the 4th floor space is not temperature controlled.

There is no cost for admission, but we'd really appreciate donations to help with our costs to keep this space operational and for holding future Take Away events!

The Hub is hosting their 2nd Sustainable Swap of the year! Join us for a personal care & accessories swap in our 2nd floor Remaker Space.

Because of the nature of these products, this a controlled swap. The Hub will not allow any potential hazardous/contaminated products to enter the swap.

Here's how to participate:

1. Bring your products to the 2nd floor and stop at the check in entry table.
2. Volunteers will evaluate your items and accepted items will be placed into the swap shopping area. Any items that are unacceptable for the swap will be rejected and will need to return home with you.
3. After "shopping" the swap area, check out with the volunteers at the exit for us to get a count of items leaving the swap.
4. Enjoy your new to you products!

Accepted Items List:

new and unopened makeup

• new and unused hair care

• unopened samples 

• packaged razors

• new in packaging facial care

• lotion new and gently used 

• body sprays/perfume (no glass bottles)

• new oral care products in packaging 

• accessories including new and gently used: jewelry, belts, fashion scarves, purses.

Eat Pizza & Help the Hub!
Our friends at the fabulous Fireside Pizza in Walnut Hills are generously donating 10% of sales to the Hub on Tuesday 3/12!

Check out their menu:

T.G.I. Craft Night! Join us for our monthly meetup held on the first Friday of every month. For March, we have a special guest instructor, Angela. She will guide us in creating "junk journals" from found materials. Create your own journal using supplies from our cache of fabric and wallpaper samples along with other odds and ends or bring your own momentos to include.

Recommended age for this activity is 5 and up as it requires a bit of manual dexterity (able to cut with a pair of scissors) and includes the use of a hot glue gun.
​Our Remaker Space in our warehouse is kept at a temperature of 62 degrees, so dress warmly!

Sign up required.

Help the Hub earn some funds while you eat yummy food! Visit the Kenwood BIBIBOP between 10:30AM-9PM and mention this fundraiser and the Hub will earn a percentage of sales. Online orders can use the code "BIBIFUNDRAISER" at checkout. Offer is only valid on this day and this location.

Bring in your new or used telescope and accessories to Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub on January 27, 2024 from 2p-5p for Dean Regas, astronomy expert, to offer advice, minor repairs, and accept donations.

For telescope repairs, advice, and tune-ups, a reservation is required. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up for a timeslot to bring in your telescope for an appointment.

If you want to donate a telescope or telescope parts, then no reservations are required. Telescopes and accessories in any condition are welcome. Dean Regas and his team can repair, resell, or recycle used telescope parts to give them a new life under the stars and all proceeds will be donated to the Hub!

Thank you for your support!

Sign up for repairs, advice and tune-ups here.

Join us on Saturday Jan 20th for a sustainable swap! Bring your books/puzzles/games to swap and take home new favorites!

Final day to drop off recyclables and shop the fourth floor until we are open in 2024!

Join us at West Side Brewing to support the Hub with your purchases and meet and greet fellow Hub fans! There will be a private room for everyone to mingle.

Visit us at Madeira Farmers Market to drop off recyclable items that will be brought to the Hub!

All items must be clean, dry, and free of food residue for recycling.

Accepting:

Plastic straws. Plastic utensils: wrapped and unwrapped. Kroger Brands flexible plastic bag packaging: Kroger Co., Private Selection, Simple Truth, Comforts, HemisFares, Luvsome, Abound. Oral care products: all brands used toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes and caps, deodorant containers and caps, empty floss containers, and floss picks. Contact lens packaging: all brands of contact lens blister packs, contact lens storage cases, contact lens solution caps, eye drop single-dose units, and eye drop bottles. Silica packets. Corks. Paktechs.

Join us at Rapid Fire Pizza in Milford! Mention our fundraiser and 20% of your purchase will be donated to the Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub. Milford location only.

Join us at March First Brewery all day (11:30 AM - 10 PM). $1 donated to the Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub for every pint purchased. Located at 7885 E Kemper Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45249.

Visit us at Fibonacci Mount Healthy Farmers Market to drop off recyclable items that will be brought to the Hub!

All items must be clean, dry, and free of food residue for recycling.

Accepting:

Corks. Plastic straws. Plastic utensils wrapped and unwrapped. Eyeglasses and cases in good condition. Granola Bar wrappers foil-lined wrappers. Aluminum Drink Pouches and Squeeze Snack Pouches reattach cap and items cannot be sticky on the outside. Empty and Clean Rx bottles.

Visit us at Madeira Farmers Market to drop off recyclable items that will be brought to the Hub!

All items must be clean, dry, and free of food residue for recycling.

Accepting:

Plastic straws. Plastic utensils: wrapped and unwrapped. Kroger Brands flexible plastic bag packaging: Kroger Co., Private Selection, Simple Truth, Comforts, HemisFares, Luvsome, Abound. Oral care products: all brands used toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes and caps, deodorant containers and caps, empty floss containers, and floss picks. Contact lens packaging: all brands of contact lens blister packs, contact lens storage cases, contact lens solution caps, eye drop single-dose units, and eye drop bottles. Silica packets. Corks. Paktechs.

Stop by the Hub for a ZeroLandfill Take Away Day! Our fourth floor reuse area will be open for shopping. We've been saving design samples/swatches, carpet books, fabrics, laminates, wall covering books/samples, brick and tile aggregate, school supplies and empty product binders from the landfill and we want YOU to come repurpose them! Bring your boxes and bags to the hub and haul away any items you can use for free.
Please note that the 4th floor space is not temperature controlled. It is a free event, but we'd love a donation to help with our operating costs!

Join us for Happy Hour at Higher Gravity in Northside. For every draft, house cocktail, or glass of wine sold, $1 will be donated to the Hub! Higher Gravity is located at 4106 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223.

Visit us at Off Pike Market to drop off recyclable items that will be brought to the Hub!

All items must be clean, dry, and free of food residue for recycling.

Accepting:

- Plastic straws.

- Plastic utensils: wrapped and unwrapped.

- Kroger Brands flexible plastic bag packaging: Kroger Co., Private Selection, Simple Truth, Comforts, HemisFares, Luvsome, Abound.

- Oral care products: all brands used toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes and caps, deodorant containers and caps, empty floss containers, and floss picks.

- Contact lens packaging: all brands of contact lens blister packs, contact lens storage cases, contact lens solution caps, eye drop single-dose units, and eye drop bottles.

- Silica packets.

- Corks.

- Paktechs. 

Visit us at Findlay Market to drop off recyclable items that will be brought to the Hub!

All items must be clean, dry, and free of food residue for recycling.

Accepting:

Plastic straws. Plastic utensils: wrapped and unwrapped. Kroger Brands flexible plastic bag packaging: Kroger Co., Private Selection, Simple Truth, Comforts, HemisFares, Luvsome, Abound. Bread bags: all brands. Contact lens packaging: all brands of contact lens blister packs, contact lens storage cases, contact lens solution caps, eye drop single-dose units, and eye drop bottles. Oral care products: all brands used toothbrushes, empty toothpaste tubes and caps, deodorant containers and caps, empty floss containers, and floss picks. #5 Plastic food containers not accepting #5 plastic tubs that can be recycled curbside: no butter, sour cream, yogurt tubs, etc.

Fee-based Electronic Waste Collection:

Batteries ($1 per lb.)

Bulbs ($1 each): LEDs, incandescents, compact fluorescents, and straight fluorescent tubes (4 ft and under)

Small general electronics ($10 per person for 2 plastic grocery bags of electronics): Accepting electronics the size of a shoebox or smaller. Examples: phones, tablets, laptops, cables, cords, chargers, wires, irons, curling irons, hair dryers, video game equipment.

Join us for Happy Hour at Higher Gravity in Northside. For every drink sold, $1 will be donated to the Hub! Higher Gravity is located at 4106 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45223.