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?“
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I was trying to respond and found that the Malawi Project has ended.
Sorry
Then I found this one:
Please send pill bottles to-
Matthew 25: Ministries
11060 Kenwood Road
Cincinnati, OH 45242
I just want to know ware you still collecting medicine bottles
Is this project still active?
I have been collecting medicine bottles for over a year now, but learned that the Malawi Project has ended.
If this project is no longer active, please send any others that you are aware of before I discard the ones I have collected.
Is Matthew 25 Ministries still accepting orange Rx bottles as of today?
yes
Hello I have alot of empty pill bottles that I’ve boiled and trying to find somewhere that needs them. Is the address for Matthew 25: Ministies the place to ship them at
These containers can simply be used to hold small screws and nails once the original labels have been removed. Alternatively use them to make up a “home remedy” box – stain removers etc.
Still,accepting?
To “Anonymous Angie” from June 16th you say you need bottles to make fishing and sewing kits for the Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes, I would like more information on how you make these little kits and the tic tac toe games to possibly make this a similar project our church can do together for the shoe boxes we fill every year. If you can help me out I would appreciate it my email is pawpawslilpixie@aol.com thanks
To: Sherri Locke—I was wondering if you ever received an answer regarding the fishing and sewing kits—-what they put in them? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
I have made many sewing kits with the pill bottles, for OCC. I used old bobbins, many from yard sales or thrift, and wound multiple colors of thread. I put about three in the bottle. Then added, safety pins, buttons, snaps, and a couple of needles. I made a tiny card stock slip of paper to stick the needles in. Lastly I rolled ribbons to fill the bottle. I labeled the outside by printing a sheet of cardstock with rows saying “sewing kit”, cut them out and applied them with large clear tape. Hope that helps.
If you use larger bottles, you may be able to put in 1″ square Velcro strips, a short zipper, or other notions.
Your group can clear out their sewing boxes and bring things they don’t need. Also, trim the hang ribbons out of all those shirts and dresses to include. It might make a cut addition to a little ones dress, socks or hair. Have fun!❤️❤️
I donate all of my family’s med bottles to the Social Welfare Clinic here in town. If you can’t find a place to take them, you can send them to me and I will drop them off at the clinic here where they are desperately needed. Thanks. 2314 Olive Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64507
I have a box of pill bottles of all sizes that I was going to send to a ministry but they don’t need them. Can I send that box to you?
Yes that would be fine. They will surely be appreciative at the clinic.
I just wrote down the address to send the pill bottles and is there a name that I should put on the address label.
Thank you
Lion Debbie
I also have a box that I can ship down for your clinic in St. Joseph, MO — I will mail the box to 2314 Olive Street in St. Joseph, MO 64507– is there a name you would like me to put on the box for you before I ship it down — thanks — Mrs. Lynn Jensen, North St. Paul, MN
Are you still accepting pill bottles
M&M Battery
Ken Hillard, Yes I am still accepting any donations. Thanks
I recently recieved 2 boxes of med bottles, i have cleaned them and will be taking them in Monday. I thank you and the Clinic thanks you also. ( Specifically thanking those donors from Yuba City, CA and Merrick, NY) you know who you are.
Sixty more bottles on the way.
Hello, just want to make sure you are still accepting pill bottles? I have upwards of 100 and I was wondering if you know the easiest and most cost effective way to send them? Thanks a lot- Kim Downers Grove Il
Kim, yes still accepting but i do not know which way is cheapest to send them.
I have prescription bottles cleaned with lids ready to be sent. Let me know by email if you still receive them.
Anastasia Knight, I don’t know your email but yes I am still accepting them.
Are you still collecting medicine bottles? I have a bunch that I was going to send to a charity; however, they are no longer in need.
Thank you,
Julie
Yes I am.
I would like to know if I can still send medicine bottles? I have at least 100. Thanks
Yes, the bottles are always welcomed at my local clinic.
I always have empty pill bottles and would love to donate them. Can I send them to you still?
Yes, they are always needed.
Hi! Are you still taking empty medicine bottles? I have about 100 or less that I would like to donate. Also, do I address the box to M&M Battery Recycling? I was also going to donate them to the Malawi Project but just found there project is closed.
Thank You
Penny Saul
Penny, yes I am still accepting them and you can address the box to M&M Battery Recycling or to Marc Salisbury, whichever you choose does not matter.
M&M Battery Recycling – are you still in need of medication bottles? I would be very happy to send you a box full. Thank you for caring so much about others.
Sorry M&M, I reckon if I had scrolled down a bit further I would have seen the answer to my question! Sorry about that! I think the fact that you are making such an effort to help others is admirable. Thank you.
Are you still collecting used pill bottles? If so, could you please respond with any information necessary for donations of them? I have several others that would really like to do the same. Thanks!
I have medical equipment, bandages, etc along with pill bottles that have been piling up.
Do you need them for the clinic?
please email me asap.
Thank you
chris
Hello, If you haven’t yet found someone to take your medical equipment, you may want to check with your local Rotary Club. Rotary is an International organization and does many projects in foreign countries that can always use medical supplies. Our Club just sent a container filled with crutches, etc to Africa. Good luck!
Wondering if the pill containers are still needed. Would appreciate the information as in what their expectations would be for the bottles prior to shipping…labels or not and etc. I have not been keeping them but do recycle them locally. I’ll be glad to begin saving them as soon as I receive a response from you. Thanks!
I have about 25 used, clean prescription bottles. May I send them to you?
Always accepting. My address is above
I had been collecting empty plastic pill bottles for the Malawi Project. They are clean and have the labels removed. Can you still recycle them through M & M Battery?
Thank you
Can your clinic still use the pill bottles? I haven’t heard back from the Matthew 25 folks & I have a lot of bottles
HI, I wanted to send out my pill bottles and saw you request from 2016 for them at your local clinic. Can you still use some? I’d be happy to send them your way. I have sent many to other charities. We are a homeschool group and collect year round.
Thank you.
I belong to Tomball United Methodist church and we have been collecting and cleaning medicine bottles for Mawlay in Africe but they are no long taking them. Do you have and information to a location in the Tomball TX area? (North of Houston) Thank you
Empty PILL Bottle Collection
http://m25m.org/pillbottles/
Pill Bottle Donations
Matthew 25: Ministries accepts donations of empty plastic pill bottles for inclusion in shipments of medical supplies and for shredding and recycling. Our pill bottle program fulfills the dual needs of improving medical care in developing countries and caring for our environment.
Acceptable collection items include:
Prescription and over-the-counter pill bottles
Large and small pill bottles
Pill Bottles with and without secure caps (child resistant)
Pill bottles that are not appropriate to include with shipments of medical supplies are recycled for cash that goes towards Matthew 25: Ministries’ programs. If you wish to prepare bottles for shipment rather than recycling, please adhere to the following guidelines:
Bottles included in shipments of medical supplies must have an all plastic lid.
Sort bottles by color and type.
Remove labels, leaving no glue or residue.
Wash bottles in very hot water and dish soap.
Rinse and dry thoroughly.
Replace lids on clean, dried bottles.
Place clean, recapped bottles in large ziplock bags marked “Clean Bottles.” These will be blended with medical supplies.
All pill bottles are recyclable. Look at bottom and you will see the triangle. The organizations that were collecting and the one that was sending them overseas found out that there is no place for them to store them over there…. The collection of these has stopped a long time ago…. Make sure you put them in your local recycle bins.
For everyone asking about donating the pill bottles, please contact your local veterinary hospitals, if they don’t want them ,then start checking with your local free clinics or social welfare clinics that have in house pharmacies. Those types of places usually welcome donations due to the fact that it is expensive to purchase the pill bottles new, and they prefer to spend their budget on making sure they have the meds to give to their patients. If you live in a small town that doesn’t have those types of facilities try the larger cities near you. Or if thats too much trouble, you can send them to me and I will donate them to my local Social Welfare Clinic as they always need the containers for both the Welfare Clinic and the Homeless Outreach Clinic. If inclined my address is:
Marc Salisbury
2314 Olive
St. Joseph, MO
64507-1509
Are you still accepting pill bottles?
Yes. Always
I sent you a box of pill bottles. Did you receive them?
Susan Trelease
Samaritan’s Purse / World Medical Mission is a Christian evangelical organization that is accepting empty pill bottle donations (no labels, no sticky residue). I tried finding a non-religious group but have had no success. I called a local animal hospital and they also said no.
World Medical Mission
801 Bamboo Road
Boone, NC 28607
I have many pill bottles…I’m familiar with Samaritans Purse and Franklin Graham. How do I send them?? Regular mail??
I am part of a non-profit community service club in Central Florida. We have collected used pill and vitamin bottles for about 6 months and donated them to our local Human Society hospital clinic. They have plenty and do not need any more. Can we send our collection to World Medical Mission, do they still have a need?
Angie, Send me your address, I’ll send you pill bottles.
As of December 2015 the Malawi Project is no longer accepting pill bottles. I’ve got nearly a hundred because my friends give them to me for Malawi. Now I’m looking for other charities to donate them to. You’ve given me some ideas and I thank you!
Matthew 25. Out of Cincinnati. Check out Matthew 25
I would like to send the medicine bottles that I have collected and need a address where to send them.
Thanks, Lorella Bartley
I have pill bottles to donate. Send me a mailing address.
If anyone is still in need if pill bottles just send me an address and I will send out the box I have.
Where can I send empty prescription bottles. Would rather they be used for something good instead of just recycled .
I have a lot of pill bottles to recycle. Can you send me the address and details? Thanks
I have been and still am collecting the pill bottles for third world countries. I need to know an address to mail them soon.
Thanks,
Linda Howard
118 Bluebird
Richland, Ms 39218
601-932-1040
Hi, i have a ton of bottles i can send out this week. They are a bunch of sizes.
Mansfield Civitan, a non profit organization has collected over 300 pill bottles to send. Confused if we need to wash and dry the bottles BEFORE mailing OR if you will do that? Please instruct for we wish to help as much as possible. I will mail to your address in St. Joseph Missouri that is previously given.
It’s nice if all i have to worry about is sanitizing them, but it don’t really matter either way. There are volunteers at the clinic whose only job is to prep the bottles for reuse.
2 boxes were mailed by US mail on Friday 2-24 with 310 bottles to your address
I just want to know if you are still collecting the empty medicine bottles
Thank you. I received both boxes and your note. I have them bagged up and ready to be taken to the clinic Friday afternoon.
Have lots of med bottles. Can I send them to you? Please send current address.
2314 Olive St.
St. Joseph, MO
64507
do you still take empty pill bottles
I am wondering if there is any updated info (2017) of a place that could use empty medicine bottles? I am just starting to save them and would love to put them to use somewhere.
I am collecting empty pill bottles, would like to know where to sent them?
Do you accept over the counter empty bottles or just prescription bottles?
Hi there! I have about 50-75 empty, clean, bottles. Does anyone out there have a use for them? I am willing to ship where needed. Thanks.
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I have a lot of empty pill bottles. Where can I donate them to that is currently accepting them
Ive got several hundred clean, label removed of these bottles…but it would cost alot to mail them anyplace…you would think if these things are that expensive the places that want them would have some prepaid service to send them..please advise i hate to take these to the recycle center…they are piling up and i do not have room..its a shame no one locally in Litchfield Illinois, Montgomery County wants them that i know of..thanks.guys
Are you still accepting pill bottles? We are an over 55 community. Thank you.
M&M Battery Recycling:
I was so happy to find you. Where ever our church was sending medicine bottles is no longer collecting them. So I had to get on line to find where I could send the many bottles my husband and I have been saving. I will be mailing them in a few weeks.
Thank-you very much for doing this service.
Barb
to M & M Battery Recycling in St Joseph, Mo.
I looked you up on line and see that you are a recycling center. Does that mean you just melt down the plastic from empty pill bottles? I am assuming that they do not get used for charity to repackage medicine for the poor. Am I correct?
Do you pay for the plastic bottles like you pay for metal to recycle?
Judy Honsowetz, no I run a recycling depot, i do not have the equipment to do that kind of thing. I donate the medicine bottles to the Social Welfare Board Medical Clinic here, they sanitize them and reuse them. And no i do not pay anything for them.
Are you still taking empty pill bottles? If so where should I address the box too?
Thank you.
Okay, I am getting pretty overrun with pill bottles lately. And that’s fine, the problem is, that a lot of them are recently are pretty nasty, and take way to much extra time to clean, so the clinic has been throwing some away. Please clean the bottles before sending them. And please note that they no longer take any vitamin or pill bottles that have had an aluminum seal on top of them as those can not be thoroughly sanitized due to the fact that some of the aluminum is almost impossible to peel off of the top of the bottles. If you wish to donate over the counter bottles like that please send them to Matthew25 Ministries, as they accept those for use in foriegn countries. Remember the US has strict health laws that other countries don’t. You can find Matthew25’s info at http://www.m25m.org Thanks.
Our women’s club has collected prescription bottles as a community
project to keep them out of the landfill. Do you still take them and
what are the requirements? These are clean and without labels but not
washed. Also do you take others for recycling?
Please reply; we are located in Iowa
THANKS!
M&M Battery Recycling, are you still accepting med bottles? Please send me your address.
Thanks!
Are you still accepting clean, empty
Pill bottles for use in a medical clinic?
A group I am affiliated with has several
hundred we would like to donate. We
sent some to refugee clinics in Athens Greece but have
more. Please let me know. Thanks.
Judy Smith…Wilmington, NC
I am a member of the Boone County KY DAR chapter & have heard that a military veterans group excepts clean pill bottles but cannot find where to send the supply saved. Does anyone have information?
Lynn Demi
Is M & M still accepting pill bottles. My congregation in Florence, SC have been donating.