Backpacks –   www.americanbirding.org; 
                        Call (800) 850-2473 or (719) 578-9703

Carpet --         www.shawfloors.com/Shaw-Environmental/Carpet-Recycling-Collection
                        Call 1-800-434-9887 for more information
 
                        www.flor.com/service/flor/environment.html?id=rDckrKak
                        call our Customer Care department at 1.866.281.3567
 
Cell phones –
                        www.wirelessfoundation.org/CalltoProtect/donate.cfm
 
Cars, trailers, jet skis, boats, rvs, motorcycles – 
                        www.junkmycar.com/
 
Crayons —        www.crazycrayons.com/recycle_program.html
                         
Crocs – The manufacturer recycles them into new shoes and donates them to underprivileged families.  Mail them to Crocs Recycling West, 3375 Enterprise Avenue, Bloomington, CA 9231
 
Eyeglasses, hearing aids, jewelry – 
                    www.neweyesfortheneedy.com/impact/recycle.html
                    New Eyes for the Needy
                    549 Millburn Avenue
                    PO Box 332
                    Short Hills, NJ 07078  
                        www.givethegiftofsight.com/donatenow/donateusedeyewear/
                        Find a local drop location
 
Hearing aids -- www.sotheworldmayhear.org/
                        Hear Now
                        6700 Washington Avenue South
                        Eden Prairie, MN 55344
                        1-800-648-4327
   
Holiday cards --        
                        www.stjudesranch.com/give/Recycled_Cards.php
                                    more details to come later
 
IPODS – bring an old iPOD to an Apple store and get 10% off a new one.  You must buy the new one that day for the discount to apply.
 
 
 
Get paid to recycle:  www.terracycle.net/
            Juice bags, cookie wrappers, yogurt containers, soda bottles, etc…
 
 
Fashion ware –
                        http://www.operationfairydust.org/donate.htm
                        http://www.catherinescloset.org/
                        However, both are not accepting any at the present time.  Bring them to a local thrift store.
 
Shoes – old shoes
                        www.letmeplay.com/reuseashoe
Nike Recycling Center
c/o Reuse-A-Shoe
26755 SW 95th Ave.
Wilsonville, OR 97070
            still in reasonable shape:
                        www.oneworldrunning.com
                        One World Running
P.O. Box 2223
Boulder CO 80306
or call 303-473-1314 for more information.
 
 
 
Prescription drugs
The Starfish Project (www.thestarfishproject.org) collects some unused medications (TB medicines, antifungals, antivirals) and gives them to clinics in Nigeria. They’ll send you a prepaid FedEx label, too.
 
 
Recreational equipment. Don’t send tennis rackets to your local recycling center. “People may think we’re going to give them to Goodwill,” says Sadonna Cody, director of government affairs for the Northbay Corporation and Redwood Empire Disposal, in Santa Rosa, California, “but they’ll just be trashed.” Trade sports gear in at Play It Again Sports (www.playitagainsports.com), or donate it to www.sportsgift.org, which gives gently used equipment to needy kids around the world. Mail to Sports Gift, 32545 B Golden Lantern #478, Dana Point CA 92629. As for skis, send them to Skichair.com, 4 Abbott Place, Millbury MA 01527; they’ll be turned into Adirondack-style beach chairs.
 
Anything else?  Check here… www.earth911.org