11/11/2025
America Recycles Day will be celebrated across the United States on November 15th. WestPoint Home encourages our employees, friends, and neighbors to adopt one new recycling habit each year whether at home or at work and regardless of their work location across the globe. At our WestPoint Home US Operations, we recycle textile wastes, metals, pallets, batteries, cardboard, and other office materials. We also often donate items we no longer need including furniture, office supplies, and textiles.
Here’s a few easy tips to embrace recycling:
1. Alkaline and rechargeable batteries can be recycled in the US for FREE at Staples or by purchasing a prelabeled, postage prepaid from Call2Recycle. Rechargeable batteries can be recycled at Lowes, Home Depot and Batteries Plus as well.
2. All light bulbs except incandescent can be recycled for FREE at Staples, Lowes, Home Depot and Batteries Plus.
3. Plastic grocery bags and plastic films (such as recyclable bulk paper towel wrap) can be recycled for FREE at several grocery stores across the US.
4. Staples offers an extensive recycling program for consumers for FREE including most electronic waste, printer cartridges, school supplies, bags and luggage. For a complete list of acceptable items, please visit www.staples.com/stores/recycling.
5. Food waste represents about 30% by weight of all US trash. Food waste is a valuable commodity in gardens which is rich in nutrients and other organic matter. To learn how to start composting including pumpkins, please start visit https://www.epa.gov/recycle/composting-home.
6. Styrofoam egg cartons and cups can be recycled at Publix grocery stores for FREE.
Remember, if you have odd items like used glass yogurt jars, thread spools, wine bottles, used saw blades, used paint brushes, or used corks that are not readily recycled in your area, please offer these items up for grabs on social media sites or other sites for artists like Etsy. Some of these items fetch a handful of dollars for items you’d normally throw away. Great fundraising idea as well. For a more comprehensive list of recycling outlets in your area, please visit search.earth911.com.