Collecting Bottle Caps For Cancer Treatments

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Collecting bottle caps for cancer treatments.

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. The scheme became so widespread the american cancer society issued a statement. 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.

Bottle caps cannot be exchanged for free chemotherapy sessions or any other form of cancer treatment. You list this as a false. It s a versatile material that is valuable to recycling operations. Not many nonprofits collect bottle caps.

Caps of loves a florida based charity provides wheelchairs to disabled children in the united states. I felt that this was an easy way to help patients in need of treatment portales began saving bottle caps two years ago. Reposting this false and misleading information will do nothing whatsoever to help children with cancer. Paul s church in chichester and ghs recycling which donates the proceeds to the charity of the donor s choice.

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 has been saving plastic bottle caps a woman at church was collecting them and she said they have enough. Remember plastic takes over 500 years to biodegrade if ever.

My family and i have been collecting the caps for about three months now russel said. 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. Did you know bottle top plastic caps are typically made from plastic 5 while the bottles are made from 2. Soda bottle caps are made from a type of plastic called polypropylene.

Charities which collect and recycle plastic bottle caps in the united kingdom include the matthew project st. Caps on baby food pouches. I live in shelby north carolina. Does anyone else know anything about this.

Plastic caps on glass bottles. For the past six months russel s great aunt has been fighting lung cancer. These include but are not limited to. Nonprofits that collect 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.