Collecting Bottle Caps For Cancer Treatments

Collected via e mail april 2015 hi i saw that you have an article on collecting plastic bottle caps to redeem for wheelchairs chemo etc.

Collecting bottle caps for cancer treatments.

Reposting this false and misleading information will do nothing whatsoever to help children with cancer. Did you know bottle top plastic caps are typically made from plastic 5 while the bottles are made from 2. Remember plastic takes over 500 years to biodegrade if ever. Does anyone else know anything about this.

Not many nonprofits collect bottle caps. In mexico one of the world s top consumers of sugary soft drinks even the poorest communities can do their bit for charity by collecting and donating bottle caps. I got started after a family member mentioned saving the bottle caps after being told about this cause by a family friend who happens to work at the hospital that they are donated to. The supposed charity drive is a hoax that began in the united states in 2008.

If it is for cancer treatments i am a 4 year cancer survivor and would send then where they are needed. My family and i have been collecting the caps for about three months now russel said. Soda bottle caps are made from a type of plastic called polypropylene. Caps on baby food pouches.

Bottle caps cannot be exchanged for free chemotherapy sessions or any other form of cancer treatment. If you are ever asked to collect bottle caps for a worthy cause be on guard most charities do not do anything with bottle caps. My family has been saving plastic bottle caps a woman at church was collecting them and she said they have enough. If so please let me know.

Paul s church in chichester and ghs recycling which donates the proceeds to the charity of the donor s choice. You list this as a false. It s a versatile material that is valuable to recycling operations. Caps on cartons such as those for milk orange juice etc.

Nonprofits that collect caps. I live in shelby north carolina. Charities which collect and recycle plastic bottle caps in the united kingdom include the matthew project st. I felt that this was an easy way to help patients in need of treatment portales began saving bottle caps two years ago.

These include but are not limited to. Plastic caps on glass bottles. Caps of loves a florida based charity provides wheelchairs to disabled children in the united states. Fortunately a nurse who worked for the hospital told her family about how they could collect plastic bottle caps to fund the treatments.

The american cancer society.