Thanks to Target, car seat recycling is available across the United States from now through May 5th. All stores are participating, except for their “small format” stores. This is a great opportunity to keep your child’s old car seat out of the landfill, particularly for those parents that live in places without a current recycling option. Please spread the word! […]
Read moreBack in September, Target collected seats at a few select stores. Just in time for Earth Day, they’ve come back for more, expanding the number of locations where you can drop off your expired or damaged car seat for recycling. To make the deal even sweeter, you will receive a 20% coupon for a new seat. Target will be accepting […]
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Between September 1-11, 2016, residents of Texas and Minnesota can bring their expired or damaged car seats to select Target store for recycling, and receive a 20% off coupon for a new seat. More info available here.
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Update 8/1/2017: Changing markets for recycled plastics have caused Total Reclaim to discontinue their car seat recycling service. Please check our data base for current recycling options. The Old Car Seat, New Life team is pleased to announce that booster and car seat recycling will be available on an ongoing basis in Seattle thanks to our partnership with local recycler, […]
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The Old Car Seat, New Life team and our recycling partner, Total Reclaim, will be at Kids’ Safety Day in Kent Washington on Friday, June 26th from 10 am – 1 pm to collect your used booster and car seats. This popular event was previously held at Boeing Field. Kids’ Safety Day offers families the opportunity to climb around in fire […]
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We collected 110 car seats for recycling at our Earth Day Drive! Many thanks to our recycling partner Total Reclaim for inviting us to participate in their collection event, to KIRO 7 for hosting the collection, and to all of the local parents who brought in their old car seats for recycling. If you missed the event, please subscribe to […]
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Did you know it is never advisable to let a child play with a car seat? It seems like a good idea, but Child Passenger Safety Technicians advise against it. As of 2014, new car seats have another label near the head area that warns against the dangers of being strangled by harness straps. Enough incidents occurred (these occurred outside the […]
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A 2014 study conducted at Children’s Hospital at Oregon Health & Sciences University Hospital found widespread errors among new parents securing their infants into car seats for the first time. The numbers are shocking, with families logging an average of 4.2 mistakes and 90% of families making two or more errors.
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Our first car seat reuse and recycling drive at the Sustainable Ballard Festival was a great success, bringing in a total of 161 seats – 18 to be reused and 143 to recycle. That’s a lot of seats diverted from the landfill! Thanks to volunteers from CoolMom, Zero Waste Washington, the Girl Scouts and the Seattle Academy of Arts and […]
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