Recycle for our Vets!

UWVC Recycling is back! as you can imagine, we are currently fielding an enormous number of pickup requests and inquiries. please be patient with us as we continue our re-launch, and thank you for your support of our veterans!

United War Veterans Recycling is the largest recycling program of its kind in the greater New York area.

We collect donations of gently-used clothing and household goods, generate revenue by selling these items to re-use retailers, and directs this revenue toward our organization’s work for veterans.

Schedule a pickup today, or learn more:

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Unlike the traditional linear economy of make, use and dispose of, the circular economy encourages utilizing items as long as possible. United War Veterans Council believes in sustainability and a world with less waste.

Our innovative program…

  • is a social business model that generates revenues for our veterans programs
  • provides donors with a tax-deductible opportunity to support our veterans
  • offers donors unparalleled convenience: we come to you and pick up your donation!
  • promotes re-use of clothing and household goods
  • reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills
  • saves taxpayers money on waste disposal services
  • helps communities meet sustainability goals

ACCEPTED ITEMS

All items must be in good, working order. No commercial/industrial
equipment. Torn/dirty clothing is ok. Items needing only a battery are ok. We can only accept items one person can carry.

Animal Crates/Carriers
Antiques
Aquariums (small)
Artificial Christmas Trees
Artificial Flowers/Plants
Artificial Limbs

Baby Items
Bassinets
Bath Chair (regular)
BBQ Grill- charcoal
Bean Bag Chair
Bedding
Bed Frames (all sizes- no
waterbed frames)
Bikes (in working order)
Bird Seed (unopened)
Blenders
Bolts/Nuts/Nails/Screws
Books -Paper & Hardback
Book cases/shelves (small)
Bowling Balls
Bread-makers
Bunk Beds

Cabinets (Free Standing and nothing homemade, small)
Calculators
Camping Equipment
Card Tables/Chairs
Carpet Cleaning Machine
CD’s, DVDs, & Cassettes
Ceiling Fans
Cell Phones (working)
Chain Saws (electric only)
Chairs (Dining/Kitchen/Lawn)
Chandeliers
Changing Tables
Chest
Christmas Trees (artificial)
Clocks (all sizes)
Clothing (all types)
Coffee Pots (non-industrial)
Coin Collections
Collectibles
Compost Machine (for trash)
Computers
Copiers (small)
Craft materials
Crutches

Decorations
Deer Stand (Free Standing)
Dining Room Table
Diapers (unopened)
Dining Room Chairs
Dishes (All types)
Draperies/Rods
Dresser
DVD’s and DVD Players

Electronics (working)
Encyclopedia Book(s)
Entertainment Center-Small
Exercise Equip. (no Bow-flex or
Nordic-track)

Fabric
Fans (ceiling and regular fans)
Fax Machines (small)
Fertilizer Spreader
File Cabinets (up to 2 drawers)
Fireplace (Electric & Small Only)
Fireplace Screen/Doors
First Aid Kits
Fishing Gear
Floor Buffer
Foot Stool
Furniture, small (wood, plastic, wicker, etc. Un-upholstered only)

Games (Puzzles, Board, Computer and Video Gaming systems-playstation, Nintendo, gameboys, ETC.)
Garbage Disposal (new)
Garden Equip.
Glasses
Golf Caddy/Bag/Clubs

Hammocks
Hangers (plastic/wire)
Hats
Headboards & Headboard (w/padding)
Heaters (portable and electric)
High Chairs
Holiday Decorations
Humidifier

Inner Tubes (no leaks)
Iron/Ironing boards

Jewelry

Kennels (Animal)
Kids power wheels
Kitchen Chairs
Kitchen Table (small)
Knobs (door)

Ladders (up to 15ft long)
Lamps/Shades
Lap Tops
Lawn Furniture
Leaf rakes
Light Fixtures (box not req.)
Luggage

Make-up (unopened)
Magazines (all kinds)
Manicure Station
Mannequins
Massage Table
Mats
Mirrors (all sizes)
Monitors
Musical Instruments

Night Stands

Ottomans (any type)

Pampers (unopened)
Papason Chair
Patio Furniture
Patterns
Pet Cages/Kennels
Pictures/Frames
Pillows
Plastic Bags
Play Pens
Police Scanner
Purses
Ponds (smaller sizes)
Pool (children’s sizes only hard
plastic)
Portable Closet w/wheels
Pots & pans
Power Tools (non-industrial)
Power Wheels (kids)
Pressure Cookers
Printers (small, home use)
Projectors (home use)
Prosthetic Limbs

Radios (incl. car radio)
Records
Riding Toys
Rocking Chair (wood)
Roto-tiller (electric only)
Rotisseries
Rugs (up to 15 feet)

Sand box (small)
Scanners
Sand box (small)
Scanners
Scooters
Sewing Machines/Materials
Shelves (wood, metal, and plastic [nothing homemade])
Shoes (all types)
Shower Chairs
Skates (all types)
Ski’s (all types and racks)
Slides (Little Tikes only)
Small Appliances
Sporting Goods
Steam Cleaner
Stereo Cabinets
Stereo Equipment
Stools
Strollers
Stuffed Animals
Suitcases

Telephones
Televisions 20’ or less (non-console)
Tables (End, Coffee, Poker, Kitchen, Dining Room)
Table Saw (non-industrial)
Tire Chains
Toasters/Toaster ovens
Tools (non-industrial)
Towels
Toiletries (unopened)
Toys
Transport chairs
Tricycles
Trophies
Tupperware/Rubbermaid
Typewriter
T.V.s (small, no console or projection)

Umbrellas (also for picnic tables)
Undergarments

Vacuums
Vanity Sink Set
VCR’s/ Tapes /Video Equip.

Walkers
Wall decorations
Weed Whacker
Weight bench with weights
Wheel Barrow
Wheelchairs (small)
Wicker furniture
Window blinds
Wood-chipper (small, non-commercial)

Yarn

Non-Acceptable Items

Adjustable Beds
Air Compressors
Air Filtering System
Air Conditioner
Air Hockey Table
Aluminum Cans
Auto parts/Equip.

Back Braces/Leg
Balance Beam
Braces
Back Stretcher
Bar
Basket Ball Hoop & Stand
Basket Ball Hoop w/Backboard
Bath Chair (hydraulic)
BBQ Grills
Bikes (in need of repair)
Bike Rack
Blinds
Boats
Bowflex
Boxspring
Buffet
Bullets
Bumper Pool Table

Cabinets
California Beds
Captain’s Bed
Canoes
Carpet Padding
Carpet (New w/No Padding, less than 12’)
Car Ramps (even small are a no)
Car Seats
Car Top Carriers
China-Cabinet/Hutch
Concrete Cinderblocks
Commodes
Console Stereo
Console T.V.s
Convection Oven
Conventional Ovens
Cosmetics (opened)
Couches
Counter Tops
Cupboards
Credenza
Cribs w/mattress or w/o
Curtains/Rods/Shade

Daybed
De-Humidifier
Desks-metal
Desks-wood
Dishwashers
Doors
Drop Down Cribs
Dryers

Exhaust (oven)
Elliptical Machine
Entertainment-Center

Firearms
Flammable Liquid
Food (incl. canned)
Foosball Table
Freezers
Fridges (Dorm size included)
Furnace
Furniture Padding
Futons

Gas, oil, items using gas or oil
Garage Door Opener
Glass Recyclables
Golf Carts
Guns

Heaters w/OIL
Hide-a-bed
Hi-Fi (Hi-Fidelity)
Hockey Tble (air)
Home Gyms
Homemade Items
Hospital Beds
Hot Water Heaters

Ice Cube Maker
Incinerators

Kayak
Kitchen Cabinets
Kitchen Island (Portable)

Leather, Naugahyde, Vinyl Furniture-(anything upholstered)
Lift Chairs (upholstered)
Light Bulbs
Love Seats

Mangle Iron
Mattresses
Mattress Covers (any)
Medicine
Medicine Cabinets
Microwaves
Money
Motorized Scooters: (Little Rascal, Hoveround, & Segway)

Newspapers
Nordic Track

Office Chairs
Office Furniture
Oil Radiant Port Heaters
Organs
Ovens

Overstuffed Chairs

Paint
Pianos
Picnic Table
Pin Ball Machine
Ping Pong Tables
Plastic Recyclables
Pool Tables
Porch Swings
Projection T.V.s
Propane Grills
Propane Tanks

Ramps (any)
Recliners
Refrigerators (Dorm size incl.)
Riding Lawn Mower
Rollaway Bed
Row Boats

Scrap Metal
Scrap Paper
Screens
Sinks
Sleep Number Beds
Snow blower
Snowmobile dolly
Stain
Steamer Trunk
Stoves
Stove Fans/Vents
Swamp Coolers
Swimming pools (only accept kid’s plastic pools)
Swing Sets

Tile Flooring
Tires
Toilets (even new ones)
Toilet Seats
Total Gyms
Treadmills
Tree Stands
Trellis
Truck Bed Tool Box
Trundle Beds

Upholstered Furniture

Vinyl upholstery
Vending Machine

Washing Machines
Waterbeds
Waterbed Frames
Water Cooler
Water Heater
Water Softeners
Wheel Rims
Windows
Window Shutters
Wood Burning- Stove
Wooden Couch & Cushions
Wood Paneling
Wood Stain

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TAX INFORMATION

Your donation of clothing/household items is tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed under law.

RECEIPT: Our driver will leave a tax receipt at the time the donations are picked up. If you do not receive a receipt, the easiest way to obtain one is to log in at our pickup scheduler site. You can also call 1.888.881.8982.

VALUE OF ITEMS: It is the donor’s responsibility to determine the value of the donated items. UWVC is a non-profit organization [#13-3793337] with tax-exempt status granted under section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code.

IRS FORM: The IRS form 8283 is used to document Non-Cash Charitable Contributions valued at $500 and more. The following link to the IRS website is provided for your convenience: IRS Form 8283

DROP OFF LOCATIONS

If you do not wish to schedule a pickup, you can drop off your donation at one of our locations.  See map