​​The PickleUp Recycling Program is a regional recycling initiative in partnership with Allegheny CleanWays and the RePickle Project that allows pickleballs to be recycled instead of dumped in landfills! We'll make sure your cracked, broken, or worn-out pickleballs are recycled properly.​

If you’re playing at a court that has our bins (see list below), just drop your broken ball in the bin. It will be collected by a local volunteer and taken to a central collection station. Then, it will be delivered to an industrial recycling center to be shredded and recycled.​​

Why Pickleballs?

​Every year, 200 million pickleballs are sold in the U.S. They last for a few months, then they crack, break, or wear out. What happens then?​

​Pickleballs cannot be put into household recycling, and if they are dumped into a landfill they’ll last for hundreds of years. That results in 5,700 tons of pickleballs going into landfills every year.

Participating Courts

​Don't see your favorite court listed below? PickleUp will give you a free bin. All you need is permission from the court owner or manager to put the bins there, and at least one volunteer to periodically collect the balls and bring them to any of these locations:​

• Pickleball Warehouse (6815 Hamilton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15208), our main collection hub​
• Monroeville Community Park (2399 Tilbrook Rd, Monroeville, PA 15146) pickleball courts​
• Verona Riverbank Park (448 Arch Street, Verona PA 15147) pickleball courts​

Questions? Send email to [email protected]​​