What we take
Empty prescription pill bottles
66% of American adults use prescription medications, but sadly prescription pill bottles aren't accepted in most curbside recycling programs.
We're partnering with specialty recyclers who can process pill bottles, so that you can feel good about where your old bottles end up!
About our partners
How we keep your Empty prescription pill bottles out of landfills.
We partner directly with innovators who transform hard-to-recycle materials into new products—so you can see exactly where your items go and what they become.
Featured Partner
ByFusion Global Inc
ByFusion Global, Inc. was founded in 2017 because they believe Earth is our most valuable resource. They saw plastic was on the verge of becoming one of Earth’s most devastating environmental threats and took the lead to be part of the solution. ByFusion has simplified a complex problem with a platform that converts all types of plastic waste into a high-performing, advanced building material called ByBlock, a solution that enables communities to be the change needed to solve the global plastic waste crisis.
Featured Partner
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.
Featured Partner
Hydroblox, Inc.
HydroBlox creates commercial and industrial drainage solutions. HydroBlox manufactures drainage material in the shape of long planks made from 100% landfill-bound plastic. These planks help control water flow, directing rain and stormwater from under roadways and homes back to the aquifers where they belong. HydroBlox prides itself on its environmentally friendly manufacturing process which uses no glue, binders, chemicals or exhaust heat to bind together and it does not create dust or fumes. Even the water used for cooling the material is recycled and the scrap plastic is re-recycled. HydroBlox has been named one of the top mechanical recycling companies in the world by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
