Plastic flat lids
What items can we take?
We can take loose, clean plastic lids. Please ensure that the lids are completely clean and dry, thanks!
Dairy lids
Sour cream lids, cottage cheese lids, yogurt lids, butter tub lids, etc.
Salsa, dip, and spread lids
Deli food lids
Screw-on lids
Nut butter lids, nut jar lids, etc.
Snack food lids
Think of things like Pringles lids!
What isn’t in this category?
Dirty, wet, or food-contaminated lids
Flimsy plastic or metallic peel-off seals
If clean and dry, plastic seals can go in our multi-layer plastic category!
Food containers or tubs
These can go in your curbside bin!
Loose plastic bottle caps
We can take these in our Swappable Category of loose plastic bottle caps!
Metal jar lids
If they are clean and more than 3 inches, recycle it!
Metal can lids
Takeout beverage lids
Coffee cup lids, soda cup lids
Plastic flat lids.
When you finish a jar of peanut butter or a tub of hummus, what should you do with the lid? While the containers can often go into your curbside recycling program, the lids can get caught in machinery and jam up the recycling process.
We're working with a specialty recycling partner, so that your lids can be safely given a new life.
Partnering with Merlin Plastics
Merlin Plastics, a circular economy-focused plastic recycler servicing the U.S. and Canada, gives used plastic a new life, providing an alternative to virgin resin to be used by plastic manufacturers. Used plastics, like your plastic items collected by Ridwell, are shredded, washed, and pelletized into a post-consumer resin (PCR) at Merlin. Ultimately, PCR is used to make various commercial and industrial products like nursery planting pots, piping, and more. Merlin is committed to circularizing discarded packaging in an environmentally sound, economically efficient, and socially responsible fashion.
Join the movement to build a future without waste.
