Recycling your gently-used CPAP equipment can help other people who have sleep apnea get the equipment they need.
If you’re planning on doing some spring cleaning, it may be a good time to evaluate your needs for your CPAP therapy. If you are in need of new equipment, CPAPCentral.com is here to help you fill all your needs, but you still have to think about what you want to do with your old equipment. Luckily, there are several ways you can help others continue their own CPAP therapy with your gently-used CPAP supplies.
Donate Your CPAP Equipment to the Reggie White Sleep Disorders Research & Education Foundation
Named after former NFL champion and Pro Bowler Reggie White, the Reggie White Sleep Disorders Research & Education provides equipment to those in need of CPAP equipment. White passed away in 2004 due to heart complications caused by sleep apnea. After his death, his wife started the foundation in his name to help other CPAP users. Donated machines cannot be more than 5 years old, and masks and tubing can’t be outside of their original packaging.
Donate Your CPAP Equipment to the American Sleep Apnea Association
For more than 20 years, the American Sleep Apnea Association has been providing used CPAP equipment and supplies to people in need. If you’re donating a machine, it can’t be older than 8 years old, it must have less than 10,000 hours of use, and must be from brands like ResMed, Phillips Respironics, Fisher & Paykel or Puritan Benet.
Send Used CPAP Equipment to Secondwind CPAP
Our final organization, Secondwind CPAP, is based in Minnesota. This organization accepts your equipment, and in some cases will pay you for your donated supplies. Secondwind CPAP then shares your donated supplies with the American Sleep Apnea Association or the Kihogora Initiative.
If your old equipment meets the requirements to be donated to one of these organizations, CPAPCentral.com encourages you to think about making a donation. We are here for when you need new CPAP machines, CPAP masks, and other CPAP accessories.