can fairy
curbside
recycling
program
It’s simple: we want to beautify our community by making it cleaner, safer and more sustainable.
Nobody wants to see trash scattered about in lawns and it’s unfair to expect someone else to clean it up.
Instead, the Can Fairy Curbside Recycling program asks to fill the box, not the lawn — help better our neighborhood while preventing pollution.
Plus, participants win prizes every week!
We've reached our enrollment limit for this year. Please join our waitlist for next year!
fill the box, not the lawn.
fill the box, not the lawn.
Join the waitlist for Can Fairy Curbside Recycling Program to make the off campus neighborhoods sustainable, clean, and safe.
Sign up to fill the box, not your lawn
We are at capacity for this year’s program! Sign-up to be on the waitlist for next year!
How it works: Sign-up. We will deliver your recycle box. You fill it up and set it out on Monday morning & we will pick it up!
When: Collections happen every week on Mondays!
Why: Helps beautify our neighborhood and it prevents pollution from getting into our waterways
Bonus: Each week you'll get a chance to win prizes!
Who is eligible?
Anyone who lives on between 11th and Lane, east of High St.
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First — you’re saving the turtles.
Second — every time you have a clean collection (aka not filled with over 30% red solo cups. food waste, or other non-recyclable items) you get a chance at sweet prizes!
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Anyone living between 11th Avenue and Lane Avenue east of High Street
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Sign up
Your box is delivered
Fill the box, not your lawn and start recycling
We pick it up on Monday
Find out if you won a prize
Repeat
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DO NOT RECYCLE THESE THINGS:
red solo cups/party cups
used paper towels/napkins
plastic bags
food utensils
Take out food containers
styrofoam
Wires
Chains
Electronics
Clothing
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Our Can Fairies — duh.
We have a team of 4 dedicated Can Fairy Stewards, Art, Brooks, Nash, and Donwaun who do the collection every Monday and are paid members of our team!
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We go to a recycle drop off location through our partnership with the City of Columbus and SWACO.
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Thanks to the Ohio EPA and a matching grant from Ohio State we are able to implement this pilot program.
Funded/Partially Funded by
the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Here is how much recycling we collected last year:
