Join your neighbors in East Bay wasting less.
Ridwell makes it easy to recycle, reuse and donate the items you no longer need. You collect; we pick it up. Then, we work with local partners to put all that stuff to good use.
Interested? Share your email* and zip below.
Get to know Ridwell
We believe small actions still matter
Our Story
Ridwell was started by a dad and his son on a mission to dispose of stuff responsibly. (Turns out, that's no small feat!)
Today, we're a community-based service that helps people waste less by collecting items they no longer need.
How it works
Our members receive a Ridwell bin and clearly marked bags for collecting their used items. Bins and overflow bags are picked up bi-weekly.
What exactly do we take? Ridwell focuses on items not generally accepted curbside like plastic bags and film, batteries*, lightbulbs, and threads (like shoes and clothes).
There's also a featured category that rotates every two weeks. It might be eyeglasses one week and bike tires a few weeks later. And, yes, we'll let you know in advance!
* Availability varies by neighborhood
Our East Bay Partners
To bring our service full circle, we work with local and regional partners to find an appropriate place to recycle, upcycle, or donate the items we collect.
Our friends at The Crayon Initiative, Center for Farmworker Families, and East Bay Children's Book Project are helping our vision become a reality. Know of an organization that would want to work with us? We'd love to meet them!
Wasting less really gets people excited
"It was AMAZING!!!"
I had just cleaned out my storage where I’d been hoarding all my mailing envelopes and plastic film. I was stressed about finding a grocery store with a bin that had room in it, then I learned about Ridwell. You picked up a lawn-and-leaf sized bag of plastic film. It was AMAZING!! Thank you!
Austin
"Amazed at the amount of plastic film we saved up"
We signed up for the trial run and were amazed at the amount of plastic film we saved up in just about a week. How awesome to have that recycled into Trex decking material instead of going to the landfill!
South Minneapolis
We've saved
over 25 million pounds
from the landfill
Join our cause for a less wasteful future.
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