Reduce your carbon footprint while directly benefitting the zoo! The Elmwood Park Zoo Docent Council runs a program to recycle/upcycle items that typically can’t go in your regular recycling collection. We’ve partnered with TERRACYCLE to save these items from the landfill and turn them into fabulous recycled products. The zoo earns money from the items we collect, so bring us anything and everything you can from the following list of items:

Stackable yogurt containers (any brand)
Empty toothpaste tubes
Toothbrushes (any brand, no boxes)
Chip, pretzel, or tortilla chip bags (any brand)
Candy wrappers and bags (even mini)
Energy bar wrappers
Personal care packaging (shampoo, shaving, hairspray, conditioner, soap, gels, lotions)
Tortilla wrap packaging
All brand cheese packaging
Ink cartridges
Cell phones and small plastic electronics (no TVs, VCRs, etc.)
Computer keyboards and mice
Empty tape dispensers and/or round plastic centers
All brands plastic wrapping from around paper products (paper towels, toilet tissue)
All empty cleaning product pouches, sprayers or tops (no cardboard and no bottles)
Any empty bagged cereal
Any plastic diaper packaging or wipes packaging
Any Brand #6 PLASTIC cup (like SOLO); no styrofoam
Any plastic writing instrument (pens, markers, mechanical pencils and the caps)
Aluminum tabs

The zoo will collect your items at the Admissions counter, or you may contact Maria to schedule a pick up. Thank you for your commitment to conservation and your contribution to the zoo!