You can recycle bicycles by donating them to a charity, local shop, or repair workshop. You can also recycle the metal parts of a bike at a recycling center.
Donate to a charity
Recycling centers: Many recycling centers have a mixed metals recycling facility where you can recycle metal parts from your bike
Scrap metal dealers: You can take your bike parts to a scrap metal dealer for recycling
Donation centers
Local bike shops: You can donate your bike to a local bike shop for parts
Thrift stores: You can donate your bike to a thrift store for parts
Charities: You can donate your bike to a charity if it's in good condition
Here is a nationwide list of bike shops that accept bicycle donations. Please contact them in advance to confirm their donation policies and procedures.
Alabama | Redemptive Cycles (Birmingham): redemptivecycles.com |
Alaska | Anchorage Bike Distribution Center: No dedicated website. Check with local bike shops for partnerships. |
Arizona | BICAS (Tucson): bicas.org |
Arkansas | Recycle Bikes for Kids (Little Rock): recyclebikesforkids.org |
California | Mike's Bikes Africa Project: mikesbikes.com |
Colorado | Community Cycles (Boulder): communitycycles.org |
Connecticut | Bikes for Kids: bikesforkidsct.org |
Delaware | Urban Bike Project (Wilmington): urbanbikeproject.com |
Florida | Recycle Your Bicycle (Orlando): No dedicated website. Contact local community centers. |
Georgia | Free Bikes 4 Kidz Atlanta: fb4katl.org |
Hawaii | Hawaii Bicycling League: hbl.org |
Idaho | Boise Bicycle Project: boisebicycleproject.org |
Illinois | Working Bikes (Chicago): workingbikes.org |
Indiana | Freewheelin' Community Bikes (Indianapolis): freewheelinbikes.org |
Iowa | Bicycles for Refugees Iowa: Contact local refugee assistance programs. |
Kansas | Bikes and Trikes for Tykes (Wichita): No dedicated website. Check local listings. |
Kentucky | Pedal Power Project: pedalpowerproject.org |
Louisiana | Bike Easy (New Orleans): bikeeasy.org |
Maine | Bicycle Coalition of Maine: bikemaine.org |
Maryland | Bikes for the World: bikesfortheworld.org |
Massachusetts | Bikes Not Bombs (Roxbury): bikesnotbombs.org |
Michigan | Detroit Bicycle Co-op: Contact local Detroit bike organizations. |
Minnesota | Free Bikes 4 Kidz (Minneapolis): fb4k.org |
Mississippi | Bike Walk Mississippi: bikewalkmississippi.org |
Missouri | St. Louis Bicycle Works: bworks.org |
Montana | Free Cycles Missoula: freecycles.org |
Nebraska | Community Bike Project Omaha: communitybikeproject.org |
Nevada | The Bicycle Project (Reno): No dedicated website. Check local community centers. |
New Hampshire | Goodwill NH: goodwillnne.org |
New Jersey | Second Life Bikes (Asbury Park): secondlifebikes.org |
New Mexico | Bike Works Albuquerque: Check local Albuquerque listings. |
New York | Recycle-A-Bicycle (Brooklyn): bike.nyc/recycle-a-bicycle |
North Carolina | The Recyclery (Carrboro): recyclery.org |
North Dakota | Fargo-Moorhead Bicycle Collective: fmbikeshop.org |
Ohio | Franklinton Cycle Works (Columbus): franklintoncycleworks.org |
Oklahoma | Bikes for Tykes OKC: Contact local OKC bike programs. |
Oregon | Community Cycling Center (Portland): communitycyclingcenter.org |
Pennsylvania | Dom Fixes Bikes (Malvern): time.com article |
Rhode Island | Recycle-A-Bike (Providence): recycleabike.org |
South Carolina | Charleston Moves: charlestonmoves.org |
South Dakota | Bicycle House Sioux Falls: Check local Sioux Falls organizations. |
Tennessee | Oasis Bike Workshop (Nashville): oasiscenter.org |
Texas | Bikes Across Borders (Austin): bikesacrossborders.org |
Utah | Salt Lake Bicycle Collective: bicyclecollective.org |
Vermont | Old Spokes Home (Burlington): oldspokeshome.com |
Virginia | Phoenix Bikes (Arlington): phoenixbikes.org |
Washington | Bike Works (Seattle): bikeworks.org |
West Virginia | Positive Spin (Morgantown): Check local community centers. |
Wisconsin | DreamBikes (Madison): dream-bikes.org |
Wyoming | Cycle Wyoming: cyclewyoming.org |