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, we accept more than just cans - it’s any recyclable material! And — participants win prizes for their recycling efforts!

Registration for 2025-2026 is now closed.

Check out this year’s progress!

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Sign Up for the Can Fairy Curbside Recycling Program to make the off campus neighborhoods sustainable, clean, and safe.

Sign up to fill the box, not your lawn

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?

Sign Up!

Anyone who lives on between 11th and Lane, east of High St.

  • 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!

  • Anyone living between 11th Avenue and Lane Avenue east of High Street

    1. Sign up

    2. Your box is delivered

    3. Fill the box, not your lawn and start recycling

    4. We pick it up on Monday

    5. Find out if you won a prize

    6. Repeat

  • 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

  • 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!

  • We go to a recycle drop off location through our partnership with the City of Columbus and SWACO.

  • 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