In celebration of Texas Recycles Day, H-E-B is offering free admission to 18 nature centers across the state Nov. 14-16 in exchange for one recyclable plastic bottle or single-use plastic bag per person.
Participating nature centers are:
- Border: Quinta Mazatlán and Sea Turtle Inc.;
- Central Texas: Zilker Botanical Garden Conservancy, Meadows Center for Water and Westcave Discovery Center;
- Gulf Coast: South Texas Botanical Gardens, Texas Sealife Center and Matagorda County Birding Nature Center;
- Houston: Armand Bayou Nature Center, Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, Nature Discovery Center, Cockrell Butterfly Center and Houston Botanic Garden;
- North/West: Heard Natural Science Museum, I-20 Wildlife Preserve, Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge, Fort Worth Botanic Garden; and
- San Antonio: Headwaters at the Comal.
For availability, tour schedules and additional information, check each nature center. Last year, H-E-B partnered with 17 centers across Texas and collected more than 23,000 pieces of plastic from nearly 11,000 visitors.
Annual celebrations such as Texas Recycles Day are part of the company’s “Our Texas, Our Future” commitment is to increase awareness, access and education around sustainability efforts that help preserve land, water and air in the Lone Star State.
Other sustainability initiatives
As part of its year-round efforts and in celebration of Texas Recycles Day, H-E-B works with organizations in ways that provide recycling opportunities and raise awareness.
H-E-B partners with Keep Texas Recycling, a program of Keep Texas Beautiful, to help fund municipal recycling grants to cities and counties that need support launching and improving programs.
For 2026, H-E-B gave nearly $400,000 in Community Recycling Grants to support community recycling centers in Carrizo Springs, Columbus, Del Rio, Eagle Pass and Port Arthur.
The grants will support outreach and education initiatives, equipment and help re-establish a new recycling center in Laredo, which was damaged in a fire over a year ago.
Earlier this year, the retailer sponsored the Trash Free Gulf campaign, which gave Texans an opportunity to participate in 45 litter cleanups in every major watershed and along the coastline.
During April and May, more than 2,100 volunteers helped to remove nearly 35,000 pounds of trash from waterways.
In addition, H-E-B launched a program in partnership with Goodwill Central Texas and the Central Texas Food Bank to repurpose reusable bags, keeping them out of landfills.
Donation-filled or empty reusable bags can be dropped off at any Goodwill Central Texas location, where they will be distributed for use at the food bank.
Every H-E-B store also has collection bins at the front entrance for customers to recycle plastic bags and other eligible plastic items. Curbside customers also can bring eligible plastic items to be recycled.
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