Collecting Bottle Caps For Cancer Treatments

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Collecting bottle caps for cancer treatments. If so please let me know. Caps on cartons such as those for milk orange juice etc. My family has been saving plastic bottle caps a woman at church was collecting them and she said they have enough. I live in shelby north carolina.

Kindhearted residents of the orangeburg area have been collecting plastic bottle caps thinking they were helping to pay for chemotherapy treatments for a sick child. 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. Did you know bottle top plastic caps are typically made from plastic 5 while the bottles are made from 2. Caps on baby food pouches.

Not many nonprofits collect bottle caps. It s a versatile material that is valuable to recycling operations. Paul s church in chichester and ghs recycling which donates the proceeds to the charity of the donor s choice. Nonprofits that collect caps.

The scheme became so widespread the american cancer society issued a statement. 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. Remember plastic takes over 500 years to biodegrade if ever. Charities which collect and recycle plastic bottle caps in the united kingdom include the matthew project st.

The supposed charity drive is a hoax that began in the united states in 2008. The american cancer society. Caps of loves a florida based charity provides wheelchairs to disabled children in the united states. For the past six months russel s great aunt has been fighting lung cancer.

Reposting this false and misleading information will do nothing whatsoever to help children with cancer. Bottle caps cannot be exchanged for free chemotherapy sessions or any other form of cancer treatment. 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. These include but are not limited to.

Soda bottle caps are made from a type of plastic called polypropylene. 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. If it is for cancer treatments i am a 4 year cancer survivor and would send then where they are needed. Plastic caps on glass bottles.

My family and i have been collecting the caps for about three months now russel said.