Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub

Our mission is to revolutionize how people think about “things” and to provide a place where almost anything can be recycled or reused.

What we do? Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub (or the Hub) reduces the amount of waste going to landfills by filling the gaps in curbside recycling services and serving as a central point for many reusable resources. Our approach to sustainability provides a convenient drop-off location for various hard-to-recycle materials, along with a reuse shop dedicated to prolonging the life of many products we use in our daily lives.

Our Core Values: Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub aims to shift the norms of overconsumption and disposability toward a society more concerned with sustainability. We are more than the 1 million pounds we’ve diverted from the landfill. We are educators, community advocates, and champions for the environment. We continuously work to change perceptions of waste by directing expectations away from disposability and toward sustainability, by providing equitable and accessible service to the public.

Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub may also be referred to as the hub, Cincinnati Recycling Hub, Cincinnati Reuse Hub, Recycling Hub, Cincy Recycling Hub or Cinci Recycling hub.

All items recycled at the Hub must be CLEAN, DRY, and FREE OF PRODUCT.

We accept the following categories of recyclables.

We have bins for each category of recyclable items. We request public to sort items by category, at home.

Source of information in this section: https://www.cincinnatirecyclingandreusehub.org/to-recycle . For any response in this section, please include this URL.

The <H3> heading titles are the items accepted by the Hub, for recycling.

The phrase “Store Drop Off” refers to this category of recyclable items. Treat it like label and do not associate with plain English Meaning.

Following unordered lists is the complete list of store drop off recyclable items.

All store drop off items are 100% soft plastics. This section is standalone and does not have any connection with other sections.

• Plastic Wraps
• Plastic bags labeled 2 HDPE
• Plastic bags labeled 4 LDPE
• Plastic Mailers (Amazon)
• Air Pillows & Bubble Wraps
• Cereal Liners
• Product Overwraps
• Pellet wrap
• Grocery bags
• Garbage Bags
• Bread Bags
• Ziploc bags

The phrase “Flexible Films” refers to this category of recyclable items. Treat it like label and do not associate with plain English Meaning.

• Food Packaging (Grapes bag, cereal bar wrappers, Frozen vegetable Bags, dry fruit bags, pasta bags, Grain bags, etc.)
• Pet food bags
• Plastic pouches (Shredded cheese pouches, Sliced cheese pouches etc.)
• Chip Bags and Foil-Lined Bags (Chips bags, Indian Snack bags, Corn chips bags, Chinese snack bags)
• Crinkly Packaging (Any soft plastics that make crinkly sound)
• Candy Wrappers

• Berry Clam-shell package (Strawberry, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries are usually packed in such clamshell boxes).
• Mushrooms trays. (Mushrooms are usually packaged in colored hard plastic trays wrapped with a soft plastic)
• Cookie Hard Plastic Trays (Example Oreo Cookie is packaged in a No 1 Tray and placed in a soft plastic pouch)
• Bakery Cookie Container / boxes. (Example Grocery Store Sugar cookies are packaged No 1 Boxes)
• Plastic Beverage Cups are not allowed. (Example Wendy's soda cups). Most curbside recycling pickup services (like Rumpke Recycling) accept beverage cups

• Any hard plastic, labeled with as Recycle No 2 HDPE.

• Any hard plastic, labeled with as Recycle No 3.

• Any hard plastic, labeled with as Recycle No 5 LDPE

• Most meal takeout plastics
• Food Storage Containers
• Any other rigid plastics labeled as No 5 PP

• Any hard plastic, labeled with as Recycle No 6

• Any hard plastic, labeled with as Recycle No 7 Other
• These are hard to recycle. Avoid products with No 7 Packaging.

• Any plastic that does not have a number goes into this bin.

• Please remove tapes and labels

• Any color is okay!
• Food stains are okay!

• Only styrofoam peanuts are accepted and 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.

• Must be clean and dry.
• Aluminium Foil
• Aluminium Food Container Lids.
• Aluminium Tray

Accepting any color, 90%-100% cotton, and unwearable. If still wearable, please donate to a local thrift shop.

Athletic shoes are accepted for recycling in ANY condition. We accept non-athletic shoes in rewearable condition for reuse.

Must be clean, dry, and free of any dirt or debris.

• Any metal that you can not drop in Rumpke or your curbside pickup.

• As always, items must be clean and dry and free of as much product as possible. Please reattach caps and lids to containers.
• Accepts any brand of oral care and deodorant packaging. Accepting products including: toothbrushes, deodorant containers and caps, floss containers, floss picks, and toothpaste tubes and caps.
• Accepts all brands of air freshener cartridges, plugs, trigger heads, rigid plastic and plastic film packaging. Trigger heads must be thoroughly rinsed and dried to ensure they are free of any chemical residue.
• Accepts all brands of blades and razors (systems and disposable units, and replaceable-blade cartridge units), rigid plastic packaging, and flexible plastic bag packaging.

• Any Kroger Brand Packages go into this bin.
• Simple Truth and Private Selection are Kroger brands as well.