The list of what I take at drop-offs is shown further below…Everything is free.

MY UPCOMING EVENTS:

Sun JANUARY 11  10am to 1pm Grandview 1600 W. First Ave…behind the high school, it’s in the Larson middle school. YES this is on Sunday. (I do not accept Batteries at this event. The next battery event is 2/14/2026)

Sat JANUARY 31 Worthington indoors 9am to Noon. (I do not accept Batteries at this event. The next battery event is 2/14/2026)

Sat FEBRUARY 14 (Valentine’s) this is my bimonthly battery event. I AM NOW ACCEPTING all BATTERIES, including VEHICLES as long as they are not leaking Lead-Acid ! Westland Area Library 10am-Noon 4740 W Broad St 43228 i DO take batteries at this event, but due to space limitations I will not have my full educational booth. *You can still drop-off all items at this event. The items list is further below. (The next battery event after this one is 4/4/2026)

Sat April 25th 2026 Clintonville market

PAST EVENTS (in 2025)

Grandview [indoor] market 11/9, 12/21
Delaware repair cafe 11/8
Farm Science Review 9/16-18
ArborFest 8/23
Upper Arlington5/14,6/11,7/9, 8/6, 9/3, 10/22
Bexley farmers market 5/15, 6/12, 7/10, 8/7
Pearl market 5/15, 6/5, 7/3, 8/7, 9/4, 10/16
Hilliard 6/3, 7/1, 8/5, 9/2
Grandview(outside)6/1, 7/6, 8/10, 9/7, 10/12
Clintonville 4/26, 5/17, 6/14, 7/12, 8/9, 9/7, 11/1, 11/22.
Westland Library 2/22, 4/19, 6/7, 8/2, 10/18, 12/27
Westerville Repair cafe 3/29
Grandview (indoor) market 3/16 & 4/13
Dublin Community Church 2/15
Shops at Worthington Place 1/25/2025

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I created the *only* Recycling Education Outreach Booth (teaching correct local practices) at Events, Festivals & Farmers markets with hands-on examples.

76% of materials in the Franklin County landfill could’ve been reused, recycled or composted. (That’s over 3/4)

YES, YOU CAN RECYCLE THESE ITEMS! HERE’S HOW

Drop-off These Things To ME only, at one of the events listed above…Doing So Will Keep Them Out of a Landfill. Rumpke cannot process these Difficult-to-recycle-items at their facility. (And regardless which Hauler picks up the garbage at your curb, all of the recyclables go to Rumpke.)

ICYMI most GIFT CARDS (McD’s, KFC, BK etc are now made out of paper, which is good for the environment, however I cannot take those. If you can tear the card, it is paper not plastic. Ones that are plastic still, like Wendy’s i can accept. Also Make Sure they Are Empty/have no value. ANY Type of Plastic Card Regardless of Their Size, including Credit/Dept store/Shoppers cards can be cut in pieces or shredded. ***Pro tip: PAPER cards are too small to be recycled curbside, instead put three or four cards in a junk mail envelope, seal it and then put it in the recyclables. Otherwise it needs to be put in your trash can.

PRESCRIPTION pill bottles. Empty & Lids affixed. Labels can remain on. (You can take these to the SWACO Convenience Center at 2566 Jackson Pike OR bring them to me at any drop-off event and I will take them to the Swaco facility. There’s no sense 10 people drive there in 10 different cars when I could fit ten cars of bottles in my one truck.) Dispose of pills at most police stations. They will only take the pills, not the bottles! YES you can put Rx bottles in the orange bag, however their best chance to be recycled is the one that has the least steps…Locally, to me or you taking it to Jackson Pike.

DRINK POUCHES Like Capri Sun, but any and ALL Brands. Straws are okay! Both plastic & aluminum pouches are accepted. Please put these in a sealed plastic bag.

———-TIDE, GAIN, DREFT details coming soon on this new collection

LUNDBERG FAMILY FARMS Rice products, including chips.

POUCHES. Arm & Hammer baking soda and Oxiclean laundry detergent power paks. These are brand specific. (the only exception is Kroger, Simple Truth, Private Selection brand pouches.) See KROGER further below.

CORK I only take 2 types. Synthetic & ‘cork with plastic/wood/metal attached cap’ only. Natural cork can be composted ! If you don’t have an avenue to compost I will take them, or consider an inexpensive subscription to http://www.theCompostExchange.com

***CANDY WRAPPERS (I am no longer accepting them because Rubicon, a software company for waste haulers in Lexington, ceased operations.) BUT you can put them in the Orange Bag. Don’t know what the orange bag is? Email me at the address at the bottom of this page. Any kind of candy wrapper you can think of; chocolate bars, starburst, Reece’s, skittles etc. With one exception, do not include Foil of any kind in the Orange bag!

BRITA Water Filtering. Includes; Pitchers, Filters, Dispensers, Bottles & Faucet Systems. *This collection is Brand Specific, So I Can ONLY Accept Products From Brita.

INK CARTRIDGES The small size of personal computer printers.

HYGIENE products; (Any Brand) of USED Toothbrushes, Plastic Razors, *Toothpaste Tubes & Caps, Razor blades, Floss containers. RECYCLE DEODORANT TUBES IN YOUR ORANGE BAG. Again, All Brands of Those *other* items Can Be Dropped-off…Also I am Collecting Used Items, Not New Ones. *(preferably empty)

BENEBONE & LUMABONE Nylon Dog Chew Toys ***Please put them in a bag

NETTING around some oranges & other foods. Usually red in color. Large plastic labels are okay.

BREAD BAG TAGS the small square-ish plastic clip to prevent moisture in bread, English muffins etc.

PLASTIC PULL TABS, like the small white kind inside a carton of almond milk

DESICCANT/SILICA GEL anti-moisture packs, those little white ‘envelopes/pouches’ some of them are hard cylindrical plastic. All kinds are accepted.

HAIR & SKIN Care. Shampoo/conditioner/lotion, Tubes & Pumps only. (Put bottles in the recycling bin) Brands: Aussie, Burt’s bees, Cortizone10, Garnier, Gold bond, Head & Shoulders, Herbal Essences, Murad, Pantene, Selsun Blue. ***All these need to be clean and bone dry.

DUNKIN’ Coffee. Flexible ground & whole bean bags. Brand specific

ENTENMANN’S Little Bites pouches

TRIGGER SPRAYERS (by themselves) Like what is on a bottle of Windex. These are not Recyclable anywhere else, because there is a metal spring inside the plastic. When you have two different materials, metal & plastic, they are contaminants and Hard-to-Recycle. (Put the bottles into your recycling bin, Bring the trigger sprayers to me.)

HASBRO – ALL of their Toys; Board games, Plush, Action figures, Nerf, Dolls, GI Joe, Beyblade, Tonka, Trivial Pursuit, Milton Bradley. They have over 135 Toys!…Full list HERE

PET FOOD packaging. Flexible plastic pet food packages from these 6 brands only: Royal Canin, Eukanuba, “I and Love and You”, Wellness, Open Farm, Halo. (See Kroger below, for 3 more pet brands I can take.) ***Pro tip: Pet Supplies Plus is accepting all dog and cat Food bags for no charge even if they weren’t purchased there. I’ve heard that PetSmart is also doing that, if it’s more convenient for you than waiting for me having a drop off.

GLADE, FEBREZE, AIR WICK, RENUZIT, Air Care. ALL brands of air & home cartridges, plugs, spray bottles.

KROGER Flexible Packaging. All Ten (10) of Their Brands; Simple Truth Organic, Private Selection, Pet Pride, Luvsome, Abound, Home Chef, Comforts (Diapers), HemisFares, Free From & the Kroger brand, including Frozen items from any of them. Flexible packaging basically means Bags. (You canNOT take these to stores!)

BIMBO Packaging. Bags of Ball Park buns, Thomas’ English muffins, Brownberry-Beefsteak-Rustik Oven bread, Sara Lee, Lenders Bagels etc.*** It will say Bimbo bakeries near the copyright symbol on the ‘tray/box’

VTECH, LEAP FROG, Spin Masters & Hasbro electronic Learning devices by these 4 brands only. And only learning devices not other types of electronics please.

Used/Broken HAIR DRYERS, CURLING IRONS, STRAIGHTENING IRONS Any & All Brands. This collection is made possible by EvaNYC (You can also take these to the SWACO Convenience Center at 2566 Jackson Pike. They accept anything with a cord, even if you don’t have the cord.)

IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE ‘HEFTY RENEW ORANGE BAG PROGRAM’ IS, EMAIL ME AT THE ADDRESS BELOW AND I WILL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

SWIFFER Used Refills from Sweeper, Duster and Wet Jet pads. brand specific. (I can take these, but you can also put both the wet and dry pads into the Hefty ReNew Orange bag program) Please allow the Wet pad to air dry.

I no longer take these, but you can put them in the orange bag SOLO CUPS (of Any Brand) aka colored Party Cups, They May Have a #6 on the Bottom of the Cup. ***These are ONLY Accepted in Your Curbside Recycling IF you use the Hefty ReNew ORANGE bag.

OLD SCHOOL 6-Pack Rings, Like What Beer & Cola Cans Were On. Also 8 or 12 Pack Rings, Like Gatorade or Nutritional Shakes are on. (These can also be put into the Hefty ReNew ORANGE bag)

‘NEW School’ 6-Pack Rings. They Are Called “Pak-Tech Handles” That Usually Hold Craft Beer Cans and Are Made of a Colorful Plastic That is Thicker & RIGID. The Rings Also Come in 4-Packs…(you canNOT put these in the hefty renew orange bag) Some of these are being made of paper. They’re great to put in the bottom of your compost bucket bag, otherwise put them in your curbside bin. They’re probably at the end of their life, the only thing that could be made out of it would be tissue paper and after that tissue paper cannot be recycled!

PLEASE Tell Your Friends, Family, Neighbors, Co-workers even People You Don’t Like, About ME. I Moved To Columbus For 3 Reasons: Cbus Moved From Bi-weekly To Weekly Curbside Recycling Pickup, Rumpke Opened a State of the Art Facility in Franklin county & Because Cbus is a Fast Growing City + I have family here.

REDUCE what you can, REUSE what you cannot Reduce, RECYCLE what you can’t Reuse.

ONE TELLS 10 – TEN TELL 100. Please Share on your Social media

If You Have a Recycling Question EMAIL Me: (i respond quickly so look in your Junk mail if it’s more than one day) MATTHEWC@ColumbusRecycles.com Better Yet, Stop By in Person at an Event I’m at. It’s One Thing To Tell You Something, But Much Better To Show You With Examples in My Sustainability Booth.

We Don’t Inherit Earth from Our Ancestors, We Borrow It From Our Children.

MatthewC

• Saucy Brew Works on Third Ave, Savor Growl on Indianola Ave, Seventh Son Brewing on 4th St, Perfect Pour in Dublin, The Draft Room in Westerville

Sun DECEMBER   Last Market Before Xmas 10am to 1pm Grandview 1600 W. First Ave…behind the high school, it’s actually IN the Larson middle school. YES this is on Sunday.