EcoShip is partnered with local businesses that are known as ‘Collection Sites’.
During their business hours, stop by to drop off up to ONE grocery-sized paper bag filled with accepted packaging materials. These sites will only accept ONE bag per person with limited materials due to space constraints. Any other items or larger amounts must be dropped off at our headquarters.
If you have more than ONE grocery-sized paper bag, please drop it off at our headquarters or at an upcoming collection event. Locations will not accept more than ONE grocery-sized paper bag per person. If a collection site is full, they reserve the right to reject your materials. We encourage you to treat these sites with respect as they are not waste-management facilities. Don’t forget to make a purchase to support them!
Items must be dropped off in paper bags or transferred directly into collection bins. Boxes or plastic bags are NOT accepted at collection sites - no exceptions.
Items Accepted by Collection Sites (limited list)
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Plastic Bubble Mailers
All items must be clean and cleanly ripped.
Collection sites will NOT accept paper padded mailers, Kraft mailers, Manila envelopes or USPS/UPS/Fedex.
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Bubble Wrap
Small and large bubbles of any color are accepted. Bubbles must be inflated.
No deflated bubbles
No Air Pillows
Remove all tape
Free from holes, tears, dirt, sticky residue, ink stains
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Packing Peanuts
All colors and types (foam and starch) are accepted.
Place in secure packaging and keep separate from all other items. Do not mix with other items.
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Packing Paper
Fold the paper before dropping off. Balled up paper will not be accepted.
No used Tissue paper (unless brand new) or wadded paper from shoes.
Free from holes, tears, dirt, sticky residue, ink stains.
Honeycomb and corrugated accepted.
Collection Points
The Plant (Back of the Yards)
Czubin Industries at 1965 W Pershing Rd (Back of the Yards)
The Unwaste Shop (Beverly & West Loop locations)
BFF Bikes (Bucktown)
The Refilleri (Humboldt Park)
The Eco Flamingo (Lincoln Square)
Dill Pickle Food Co-Op (Logan Square)
Katherine Anne Confections (Logan Square location ONLY)
Ash & Willow Eco Salon (Park Ridge)
Wheel & Sprocket (Park Ridge)
Hey, I Thought of You (Ravenswood Manor)
Interested in becoming a public-facing collection site? Email us for more information.
If you would like to have EcoShip pick up materials from your location, the cost starts at $55/pick-up depending on the quantity and size of your operations.
If you are interested in dropping off the materials and do not need a pick-up service, the cost is $0.