Recycling for Charity: medicine, pill and vitamin bottles
This page lists charities and other organisations collecting empty plastic pill, vitamin and medicine bottles.
If any details are incorrect or you know of any other groups collecting them, please leave a comment below and I’ll update the listings.
- For ways to reuse the bottles instead, check out our post: “how can I reuse or recycle plastic pill and vitamin bottles?“
| Who wants it | Why | Country | Contact details |
| Amvet | Empty, clean pill bottles are collected for use in impoverished countries | US |
Attention: Deirdre AMVET POST 208 Ladies Auxillary 5 South Street Hudson, MA 01749 |
- Find out how to recycle other things for charity with the Recycle This Recycling for Charity Directory
We have alot of pill bottles and are trying to find a place to send them too. We did have an organization that was supposedly sending them overseas for pill distribution in foreign countries, but that we are not sure of. Does anyone else have an organization that we might send them too. We are a non-profit organization The Telephone Pioneers of America. Thank you Patricia Hanna
Patricia,
This organization accepts clean pill bottles with no labels. They use them in Africa for children with Aids. PS: My Dad was a retired Telephone Pioneer of America. :-)
Mailing Address:
Tanya Weaver, Executive Director
American Foundation for Children with AIDS
6221 Blue Grass Avenue
Harrisburg, PA 17112
Telephone:
Tel: (888) 683-8323
Tel: (717) 489-0206
Fax: (717) 489-0214
Email:
info@AFCAids.org
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Are there any organizatons doing the same in the Humble Tx or Houston, Tx?
Rose
please let me know if American Foundation for Children with AIDS still recycling medicine bottles.and the address to sent them is locate it in Harrisburg.
I am interested in sending empty pill bottles to any organization, to help with suppling medical assistance to counties who are in need of help.
Hildred Cherry
147 Quinn Road Apt 2
Clover, SC 29710
I am actually looking to collect pill bottles for an art project at my pharmacy school……to raise funds for a non-profit…..
May I ask where you are located?
I am in London, Ontario. There used to be a pharmacy in Kitchener Ont. but I can’t locate which one.
i live in Ingalls In. and i have a 2gallon bucket full of empty lables perscrition botlles. I don’t want to just throw them away especially if there is a use for them.
Hello,
Are u still looking for clean empty prescription pill bottles?
need contact info for sending pill bottles to charity.
Would like information on where to recycle pill bottles in our vicinity, i.e., Cicero, Stickney,Berwyn, Brookfield, Illinois. There is a SCARCE office near by, but I can seem to get an answer from there.
R. Davis
Amoore1062@aol.Com
Can I turn in empty medicine bottles to any AMVET for use in Africa? I live in Hampton Roads, VA.
I am soooo happy to find this inf. Who can I contact in London, Ontario. Canada or anywhere to get started again.
I am glad to see there is an organization I can mail them, but is there in the Humble or Houston Tx area?
Thank You
our Girl Scout troop would like to start a campaign to collect medicine pill containers. We just want to be sure this is a current information to send to AvMet and any other organization that can re-use the containers.
We look forward to confirmation.
thanks!
American Foundation for Children with AIDS is still accepting pill bottles. Mailing informatioin is above.
If you are looking for other projects, please check out http://www.AFCAids.org for a list of things the Girl Scouts can do.
thank you,
tanya
I have a bunch of empty median ice bottles all sizes that I would love to recycle and not throw away. So if anyone wants them just send me your mailing address and email so I can just charge you for postage costs and you can have them all. I also have 3 blue glass bottles if you like to make art stuff these are great as well. They are brand new and I just hate to throw it away. Again just pay cost for shipping and its yours.
Lisa
I have a bunch of empty median ice bottles all sizes that I would love to recycle and not throw away. So if anyone wants them just send me your mailing address and email so I can just charge you for postage costs and you can have them all. I also have 3 blue glass bottles if you like to make art stuff these are brand new Again just pay cost for shipping and its yours.
Lisa
I live in the south suburbs of Chicago. We’ve already collected a garbage bag full of the bottles. But, is there somewhere locally where we can drop them off rather than having to ship them. Thanks, Jan
I would like to find an organization in the Oxford, North Carolina area that is accepting empty pill bottles.
I have quite a few empty pill bottles that I’ve finally taken the labels off of that were just tossed in an empty drawer. I live in a far south suburb of Chicago (Will County) and wanted to know if anyone nearby needs them, otherwise I will put them in the recycling bin. Respond back to this post on this site if you or an organization could use them.
I belong to AMVETS Aux. in PA. We are looking for a place to recycle pill bottles. We have contacted several places but they aren’t interested in the bottles. What do you do with yours? Thanks for any ideas.
I would love to know if there is a location located in arlington,tx or dfw area.
Please reply to this post or email me with any info.
Thank you,
Yo
Looking for a location in the Cincinnati OH area that is interested in clean prescription bottles, my church group is considering this as a outreach project. If you know of any locations in the Cincinnati OH area please let me know. Thanks.
My Mom’s church gives them to the Matthew 25 ministries, in Blue Ash.
Our church is looking for an organization to which we can donate the empty prescription bottles collected from our church members. We are located approximately 50 northwest of St. Louis, Missouri. Any ideas?
I, too, have many pill bottles that were donated to me by church members for my medical mission trips. However, the organization that I frequently travel with uses small zip lock bags for dispensing meds. Can I take them to any AmVets drop-of in Ohio?
Make mini medical kits, steri wipes, steri strips, bandages, bee sting pens, many small medical items can fit into just 1 container.
You can also make mini sewing kits as well, very handy a few safety pins some various threads wrapped around a piece of cardboard, a few various colored buttons, 2 needles.