Cell phones and Tablets are recycled through Secure the Call. 

Accepted items: Cell phones, tablets, and their chargers

Best practices for recycling: Please erase any personal information, photos, and private data from old phones/tablets and remove cases. Please include chargers with cell phone/tablet.

What happens to the waste: Cell phones/tablets are donated to those in high risk areas who may need quick access to 911.

Learn more about the recycling process.

How: Please bring compost in a reusable bin (to dump loose) or in compostable bags. Plastic bags contaminate the waste stream and are not accepted.

Accepted items: All food waste including eggshells, coffee grinds & plastics that say ‘compostable’ or ‘biodegradable,’ MOM’s reusable bags, plus any item from Naked Lunch (food containers, cups, napkins, and utensils)

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Glasses are recycled by Alaffia, Lions Club, or other local charities.

What happens to the waste: Alaffia collects glasses and employs an optometrist in Togo, Africa to correctly fit and distribute them to the visually impaired. Normally, a pair of glasses can cost up to 4 months of wages. Alaffia has collected and distributed over 14,200 pairs of glasses. The Lions Recycle for Sight program has volunteers who clean, sort by prescription strength and package the glasses. Recycled glasses are then distributed to people in need in low & middle income communities.

Accepted: Oyster shells

Best Practices:

Shells should be dumped into our recycling bins loose – please no bags. Keep our collection bin contaminant-free – no napkins, toothpicks, forks, etc.
If you have any questions, have a particularly large amount of shells or need any assistance please see a team member.

Where does the waste go?

Oyster shell is the best medium to grow baby oysters (spat) on and help restore Chesapeake Bay oyster reefs! To save this ecologically important byproduct, MOM’s is partnering with the Oyster Recovery Partnership to recycle oyster shells and keep them from going into landfills.

• Find public shell recycling drop
• Learn more about Shell Recycling Alliance

Shoes are recycled through Planet Aid. 

Accepted items: Both new and worn-out/unwearable shoes including sneakers, sandals, and other footwear

Best practices for recycling: If shoes have laces, please tie matching shoes together. If you need any assistance, feel free to ask a MOM’s employee.

What happens to the waste: Shoes that can no longer be worn are reprocessed into pillow stuffing, carpet padding, wiping cloths, and other products. Learn more about the recycling process.

Natural Cork is recycled through Cork Forest Conservation Alliance.  More details here. 

Accepted waste: Natural cork only. Synthetic corks are not allowed and will contaminate the collection.

Best practices for recycling: Please take corks out of bags used to transport them and distribute into MOM’s Recycling Center cork bin.

What happens to the waste: The cork is shipped to our recycling Partner, Cork Forest Conservation Alliance where it is grinded and used to make new sustainable items such as cork bobbers for fishing, consumer and industrial products, and recycled shipping materials. 

We usually host our Denim Drive in the spring. Please only recycle denim during the published dates.

Accepted items: All types of denim including colored, embellished, and printed; all articles are included as well – pants, jackets, shirts, skirts, etc.

Best practices for recycling: Please only bring clean, dry denim for recycling. Stores like Madewell, H&M, and Levi’s often provide year round denim recycling.

What happens to the waste: Blue Jeans Go Green™ recycles all denim into UltraTouch™ Denim Insulation and distributes it to charitable organizations for use in community housing projects.