Does Rumpke Accept VHS & Cassette Tapes?

Rumpke doesn’t accept VHS and cassette tapes for recycling.

The VHS and cassette filmstrip gets wrapped around conveyors and locks-up the sorting mechanisms causing extensive damage to our recycling equipment!

As much as we love our customers, we don’t want your home movies or music. That is, we don’t accept VHS and cassette tapes for recycling.

Alternatives for VHS Tapes

We always seek to reduce, reuse and recycle when possible. We encourage donation of VHS tapes to thrift stores, or to programs like Missouri-based Alternative Community Training (ACT), where the videos are disassembled and the parts are reused.

Why it Matters?

The implications of trying to recycle a VHS tape (or any unacceptable item) stretch beyond damage to our recycling equipment. It also means that the item takes a detour before ultimately making its way to a landfill. This leads to increased costs, unnecessary fuel use and wasted resources.

We appreciate your efforts to recycle and encourage you to recycle more from our list of acceptable items.