We want Styrofoam recycling to be easy, convenient, and dependable. We don't want you to save it in your basement or miss a special pickup day.
So for Ridwell members, we offer add-on Styrofoam pickups every two weeks.
We'll deliver an orange Styrofoam bag with your bin for you to keep in a convenient place.
Fill your bag up with recyclable Styrofoam!
When your bag is full, add it onto your next regular pickup for just $9.
Trained team members screen for non-qualifying material like wet styrofoam or stickers that need removing
Screened product is consolidated and transported to local partner
End users turn the blocks into things like plastic parts for electronics and jet fuel
Our Styrofoam bags are more than 4x larger than our Ridwell bin, so they'll fit even your bulkiest pieces!
If your Styrofoam is too tall, try breaking it into two shorter pieces! That way you can fit even more!
You can put these categories in your big orange bag as well!
Unless you've talked to us ahead of time, we'll only take Styrofoam that's in one of our orange Styrofoam bags.
See more details about what we can recycle here!
Sorry! For now Styrofoam pickups are just available to Ridwell members, but check out other resources on how to recycle at the bottom of this page.
Your first Styrofoam bag will be delivered with your bin. From then on, whenever you get a styrofoam pickup, we'll replace your full one with an empty one!
Try to break it down into smaller pieces. If it sticks out a bit, don't worry! We'll still take it.
Absolutely! We will keep them in circulation as long as possible.
Questions or concerns? Get in touch at help@ridwell.com
While we want to offer our members an easy way to get rid of their styrofoam, there are some other recycling options around the city that we know of.
* When we say Styrofoam, we are actually referring to items in the polystyrene foam family, not just Styrofoam-brand products. Technically, there's no such thing as a “Styrofoam” cup. In fact, Styrofoam™ Brand Foam is a registered trademark of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (“DuPont”) and is used as rigid foam insulation in above and below grade applications, structural insulated sheathing, motorhomes, caravans insulated trucks, under or over highways, tunnels and insulation pipes and even is used in the floral and craft market. For more information, click here.