We’ve talked before about ways to get paid to recycle, but most of these ideas found over at The Penny Hoarder were new to us. Take a look at some surprising ways that you can get paid to recycle:

Pledge to Recycle at RecycleBank

Earn money recycling using a site called Recyclebank. You can earn money just by doing things like shutting off the lights before you leave home or promising to recycle cereal boxes. The points that you earn on Recyclebank can be redeemed for discounts a grocery stores and restaurants, or can also be traded in for gift cards at stores like Best Buy and iTunes.

Sell Your Food Packaging

The “Reward Points/Incentive Program” is a popular category on Ebay. There, you can can sell food packages that you can redeen in different loyalty programs. For example:

General Mill’s Boxtops for Education sell for around 10 cents each on Ebay and Coca-Cola caps sell for around 25 cents. Even Campbell’s soup labels can be sold for extra money.

You can read more about how to sell food packaging here.

Recycle Wine Bottles and Corks

You could also make some cash on Ebay by selling your empty wine bottles and unneeded wine corks:

I’ve seen empty wine bottles go for as much as $5 each, with the average selling price around 50 cents. Wine corks can also be sold to crafters on Ebay for around 10 cents each.

Check out this article for more advice on making money recycling wine corks.

Read about more surprising recycling tips over at The Penny Hoarder’s 5 Weird Ways to Make Money Recycling.