As a follow-up to our article “Non-Stick Cookware: Friend or Foe?” we have been busy researching and planning ways to properly recycle your non-stick cookware.
Our recycling ideas are below. Please leave us a comment to let us know your thoughts!
1. Donate your cookware to Journey 4 A Cure.
In coordination with Journey 4 A Cure, we will be having a “cookware donation drive” (Date TBD). Journey 4 A Cure is a local non-profit foundation born from the loss of an 11 month old baby boy named Declan Carmical and inspired by the amazing support his family received throughout their journey.
Once all metal cookware items have been donated, we will recycle them as scrap metal. Potomac Metals Incorporated in Sterling, VA, has agreed to pay an additional $0.05 per pound (above normal pricing of $0.05-$3.40/pound, depending on metal type) for every piece of metal cookware donated. All monies raised through donation of used cookware will be donated to Journey 4 A Cure.
If you would like to donate your non-stick pots and pans to Journey 4 A Cure immediately, I am happy to collect and hold them. Just leave me a comment below.
For more information on the inspiration behind Journey 4 A Cure, please click here.
2. If you don’t live in or near Northern Virginia, call your local scrap metal company.
Scrap metal companies like Potomac Metal Incorporated are everywhere. Check your local yellowpages.com for scrap metal company listings.
3. Check with your recycling company to see whether they accept metal.
Con-Serve Industries (CSI) is one example of a company that accepts metals with regular recycling trash. All you have to do is call your recycling provider, ask, and if they accept cookware, leave it in your recycling bin.
4. Drop your cookware off at your county landfill.
Most local landfills recycle metals. However, they have to be dropped off separately from your normal trash, in order to be recycled. Some landfills take them for free while others will impose a charge. Either way, it’s worth calling your local landfill to find out their policy. The local landfill will then break the items down and recycle the scrap metal.
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That is so awesome! I will look into shipping my scratched cookware to you, if it’s not to expensive, for the cookware drive. If not, I’ll check out options here in MN!
Mrs J, unless your cookware is copper, I think it would cost more to ship than what it will scrap for. However if you’d like to participate in the drive, you could always scrap it in MN and donate the proceeds to J4AC.
Good ideas here, I’ll have to check our local recyclers!
Let us know what you find out!
Heather, I have a number of pot and pans to donate. Just let me know how I can get them to you.
Thanks, Aleks!
If you’d like to get rid of them soon, I am happy to meet you somewhere and pick them up. I have plenty of space in my basement to store pots and pans until they’re ready to be taken to Potomac Metal. Maybe we could grab lunch out next week?
Sure! I can give them to you next week…I know we talked about meeting at the library next Tuesday, so maybe then? Or, if it’s easier for you, I have no problem dropping it off at your house as early as tomorrow. I drop Lukas off at school at 8:30 and I am free afterward to stop by. Let me know!
Fantastic idea and post! I’m spreading the word to my local friends.
Thanks for spreading the word, Andy!
Heather – I would really like to participate! I have a few pans I would love to donate. We can coordinate drop off and/or a meet up time in email if you’d like. Let me know what works best for you!
My entire body hurts when I look at the picture of Declan, his little tiny head all bandaged, hugging his little frog. His mother’s letter made me cry harder than I have in a very long time and I still feel so sad. I wish I could do more….
Joni
Thanks, Joni. I’ll shoot you an email re: a meetup.
I know what you mean about Declan. My heart aches for his parents and I cry every time I read his mother’s beautiful words. They are truly an amazing family. I hope we can help raise a lot of cash for J4AC. xo, H
Very nice idea’s! Thnx for sharing !
Our pleasure. Thanks for stopping by!
Hi, I live in Reston and would like to donate my cookware to this cause. Is it too late?
Hi Jen! Thank you so much for your message. I turned the pots and pans into Potomac Scrap Metal (http://www.potomacmetals.com/) in Sterling last year and sent J4AC a check for what Potomac Scrap Metal gave me. We don’t have another drive scheduled soon, but I’m sure you could take your pots & pans there and convert them to cash that you can donate. Hope this helps!