In the UK, straightforward recycling caps companies that I could find are:
Even so, some companies will only collect and recycle plastic tops from milk jugs (plastic type number 2 HDPE), while others will require 1 tonne (1000 Kgs) for free collections scheduled to coincide with other collections of bottle caps and general plastics in your area.
The good thing is that some of them can also offer schemes for a number of small collectors and the payment for the material will go to the charity of your choice.
Another company doing a recycling campaign in the US is Aveda.
Aveda founded a unique recycling program that creates new caps and containers out of 100 percent recycled caps. The breakthrough-recycling program helps to save marine life by reducing the number of caps littering beaches and oceans. “Every cap we prevent from becoming rubbish is one less piece of plastic in the mouth of a baby seal, penguin or turtle”, says Aveda.
Currently, it looks like the program accepts caps that are brought into Aveda stores or salons only. For programs involving schools, Aveda will supply special shipping labels so they can ship the caps for recycling.
In England it is a very different scenario. Although Aveda has a UK website that gives information about its salons and spas, it does not as yet provide any information about an existing tops collection or campaign here in the UK.
It is hard to understand why councils are not yet taking the initiative to contact these companies and inform local residents. Far more effective are blogs that gather a variety of interested people and which share useful links about recycling and give creative advice about how to reuse plastic tops. Information that can’t even be found in the main Recycling UK Guide which only states that they should be kept out of recycling bins!
