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Help us help even more families in need
You can make a difference by saving the aluminum pull tabs from your beverage cans. The metal tabs are recycled and the money pay for the Buffalo Ronald McDonald House’s utility bills.
How Every Little Thing Helps Our Families
Each year over 4,000 pounds of pull tabs are collected for us. (Approximately
1,270 pull tabs equals 1 pound!) With the donation value of your pull tabs matched by Niagara Metals, our local recycling partner, together you raise over $2,700 for our House!
Start Collecting Today!
- Save the pull tabs from your beverage cans (pop/soda, beer, and energy drinks). Collect the pull tabs and save them in a container at home or work (better yet, get your co-workers to start saving, too!)
- Pull tab donations are accepted every day from 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. at the Buffalo Ronald McDonald House, 780 W. Ferry St., Buffalo. Just give us a call first at (716) 883-1177 so we know you are coming!
Commonly asked questions:
Why do you only collect the tab?
We have limited space, and tabs are much easier to store than whole cans. Plus, it’s more sanitary and essential to support practices that keep the Ronald McDonald House clean and healthy for our guest families.
How much do you receive for the tabs?
There’s some science to this – and market and economic factors at play – but the simple explanation is that tabs are made of aluminum and, as with most metals, the value of aluminum varies. The tabs we collect are delivered to a local recycling partners in Buffalo, our partners weigh the tabs at their processing facility, then send us a check for the total value.
Additional questions? Contact Matt Bissett at 716-883-1177 or email him mbissett@rmhcwny.org.
Pull Tab Collection Boxes
Free, eye catching Ronald McDonald House pull tab collection houses are available from us. These specially designed collection houses are a generous donation from Jamestown Container Companies. Call us at 883-1177 to find out more!
Want to decorate your pull tab collection container?
Print our Pull Tab Label. Then, glue or tape it to your container.