Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub

Name

Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub

Legal name

Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub

Website

https://cintirrh.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycling & Reuse Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycling Transfer & Consolidation (Single-Stream, Dual-Stream, Source-Separated) (EUAIABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Donation Pickup & Reuse Hauling (HSAKALAI), E-waste & Universal Waste Collection/Transfer (Electronics, Lamps, Batteries) (EUAIABAG), Recyclables Transfer & Consolidation (Single/Source-Separated) (BPALABAD)

Keywords

• Recycling services
• Community reuse
• Waste diversion
• Thrift retail
• Recycling education

Headquarters

HQ city

Cincinnati

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Hub Club membership program offering residents annual or single-visit access to recycle household items including styrofoam, plastics, jeans, metal, and more.
2. Retail Sales: Hub Shop retail thrift store on fourth floor selling donated reusable items including school supplies, plant pots, greeting cards, and more.
3. Corporate Services: Corporate drop-off and pickup services for local businesses looking to reduce carbon footprint.
4. Donations: Accepts charitable donations as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 5th Anniversary Spring Campaign currently active.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub operates a community-focused recycling facility that accepts hard-to-recycle household items and routes them through vetted downstream partners. The organization runs a Hub Club membership program, a Hub Shop thrift store, corporate drop-off and pickup services, battery collection programs, and a network of Mini Hub satellite drop-off locations. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2021, it has diverted 1.9 million pounds of materials from landfills.

Product overview

Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit recycling facility offering a multi-faceted portfolio of waste diversion services. The organization operates primarily through its Hub Club membership program (for residential drop-offs of materials like styrofoam, plastics, metals, and textiles) and the Hub Shop retail thrift store (selling donated reusable items). Corporate services provide business waste reduction through commercial pickup and drop-off. The portfolio also includes community programs such as the G.R.E.E.N. Program, School Presentations, Battery Management collections, Mini Hub satellite locations, and the Hub Blog educational content series. Since 2021, the organization has diverted 1.9 million pounds of material from landfills.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hub Club Membership-based program that gives Cincinnati-area residents ongoing access to drop-off recycling services for hard-to-recycle household items, available as annual and single-visit passes.
• Hub Shop On-site thrift retail store at the Cincinnati Hub location that sells reusable items diverted from the recycling stream to the general public.
• Corporate Drop-off and Pick-up Services Recycling drop-off and scheduled pickup services tailored for businesses and organizations seeking to responsibly manage hard-to-recycle workplace items.
• Firehouse Battery Collections Battery management and collection service in partnership with local fire stations to safely collect and divert household batteries from the waste stream.
• Mini Hub Drop Offs Network of satellite drop-off locations across the Cincinnati region that supplement the main Hub facility, providing residents with closer access points for hard-to-recycle items.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.9 million pounds of material diverted from landfills since 2021

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• 513 GreenminorOthersLocal environmental organization partner with logo displayed on website footer as organizational connection.
• National Recycling CoalitionminorOthersNational recycling industry organization membership displaying NRCR logo.
• EECO (Energy Efficient Communities Organization)minorOthersEnergy efficiency organization partnership with logo displayed on website.
• One Percent for the PlanetminorGTM or Marketing PartnerEnvironmental giving network where members donate 1% of sales to approved environmental nonprofits.
• Green UmbrellaminorOthersRegional sustainability alliance network in Greater Cincinnati.
• Ohio RecyclesminorOthersStatewide recycling initiative with Ohio EPA affiliation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Rethink Waste (Ontario): Rethink Waste is a regional waste-management body serving Perth-Huron, Ontario that runs recycling drop-off events and education for hard-to-recycle items. Comparable operating model (drop-off + education) but serves a different geography than the Cincinnati Hub.

Broad incumbents

• Habitat for Humanity ReStore: Habitat ReStores are a national chain of nonprofit thrift/home-goods resale stores operated by Habitat for Humanity affiliates. While much larger and broader in scope, ReStore occupies the same reuse-retail space as the Hub Shop and competes for donated goods and volunteer hours.
• Goodwill Industries International: Goodwill operates a national network of nonprofit thrift stores that resell donated goods and fund workforce programs. It is a much larger incumbent in the reuse-retail space where the Hub Shop operates, and competes for household donations in the same Cincinnati market.

Direct peers

• The Loading Dock: The Loading Dock is a Baltimore-area nonprofit that rescues reusable building materials and household goods for resale and donation. It parallels the Cincinnati Hub's reuse-retail function (Hub Shop) and nonprofit donation-driven model.
• Eureka Recycling: Eureka Recycling is a Twin Cities–based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs curbside recycling collection plus a drop-off facility for hard-to-recycle items. It shares the community-led nonprofit model, materials recovery focus, and education/outreach mission that defines the Cincinnati Hub.
• Recycle Ann Arbor: Recycle Ann Arbor is a Michigan-based nonprofit that operates a drop-off center for hard-to-recycle materials and runs reuse and education programs. Its drop-off-plus-education portfolio is directly comparable to the Cincinnati Hub's Hub Club and G.R.E.E.N programming.
• Finger Lakes Reuse: Finger Lakes Reuse is an Ithaca, NY nonprofit reuse center that accepts donated goods, repairs and resells them through a thrift store, and diverts material from landfill. It is highly comparable to the Cincinnati Hub's combined recycling-aggregation and reuse-retail (Hub Shop) model.
• Sure We Can: Sure We Can is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit reuse and recycling center that accepts hard-to-recycle materials and operates a community thrift operation. It mirrors the Hub's blend of materials drop-off, reuse retail, and community-led programming.
• Eco-Cycle: Eco-Cycle is a Boulder, Colorado-based nonprofit that operates a community recycling and reuse hub accepting hard-to-recycle household items and routing them to vetted downstream processors. It is the closest operational analog to the Cincinnati Hub, including a comparable CHaRM (Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials) facility and education programming.

Others

• Call2Recycle: Call2Recycle is a U.S. and Canada battery-recycling stewardship program operating collection points at retailers and municipal sites. It is thematically adjacent to the Hub's Firehouse Battery Collections program and could serve as a downstream partner or alternative collection channel.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CintiRRH
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cincinnati-recycling-and-reuse-hub

Compliance1 record

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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