Ridwell is redefining transparency for the waste industry by giving you a detailed look at where your materials end up – and just how much stuff we’re keeping out of the landfill.
You deserve to know where your stuff goes.
You deserve to know where your stuff goes.
You deserve to know where your stuff goes.
You deserve to know where your stuff goes.
So, where does it all go?
So, where does it all go?
We work with local, regional, and national partners to divert as much as possible from the landfills.
Threads
Plastic Film
97.4% diverted material
2.6% contamination*
Trex turns your plastic film and wrap into new decking material. That's full circle!
Top contaminantsPaper bubble mailers, mixed material bags
#1 PET Clear Clamshells
Lightbulbs
97.6% diverted material
2.4% contamination*
Ecolights uses safe mechanical recycling techniques to handle lightbulb materials including mercury gas.
Threads
98.7% diverted material
1.3% contamination*
Pioneer Wiping Cloth uses your threads to reuse where possible and otherwise recycle into reusable cloth wipes!
Plastic Film
97.4% diverted material
2.6% contamination*
Trex turns your plastic film and wrap into new decking material. That's full circle!
#1 PET Clear Clamshells
86% diverted material
14% contamination*
Green Impact, a PET specialist, processes your #1 PET and turns it into reusable raw materials for new clamshells!
Styrofoam
90.5% diverted material
9.5% contamination*
Agilyx uses recycling processes to turn your old EPS into re-formable EPS raw materials for remanufacturing.
Batteries
100% diverted material
0% contamination*
Ecolights uses mechanical recycling techniques to recover material to create new batteries.
Our commitments
1. Transparency
1. Transparency
2. Audacity
2. Audacity
3. Community
3. Community
We have a responsibility to push the boundaries of what the industry looks like today. Our community demands that we never settle in making the world less wasteful.
We audit and track the material we collect to ensure the integrity of our service and our promise to our members. Things go exactly where they should be going.
We have a responsibility to push the boundaries of what the industry looks like today. Our community demands that we never settle in making the world less wasteful.
Our members are our heroes. We are committed to building better, stronger communities through our efforts to waste less.
By the numbers
By the numbers
Actions Add Up
Actions Add Up
Every day we collect items from our member’s homes and send them to a better place. With your help, we can keep even more out of the landfill.
97.0%
97.0%
of material
of material
we collect gets reused or recycled
10
10
million
million
Total pounds saved from landfills
A lot can happen in just a few years
A lot can happen in just a few years
Ridwell started in 2018 with four founders and a supportive community. Since then, we’ve made huge strides in wasting less by working together.
Ridwell Service Launch
October 2018
Ridwell’s four founders start our door-to-door pickup service with 60 homes in Seattle.
Expand outside Seattle
November 2020
The Ridwell community expands beyond Seattle to Portland, Oregon to help even more people waste less.
Pilot a reusable ecosystem
April 2021
The Ridwell community partners with Starbucks to test a pickup service to make it easy to use reusable coffee cups.
Introduce a unique #1 PET solution
May 2021
Ridwell offers a new recycling solution for #1 clear PET in Portland where service had been discontinued in 2018.
Launch Transparency Page
October 2021
Ridwell sets a new standard for transparency because our community deserves to know where their stuff goes!
A future without waste
Beyond
We see a world where smart consumption, simple reuse, and transparent recycling enable communities to live without waste.
Join the movement to build a future without waste.
Join the movement to build a future without waste.
