Tape & Tape Dispensers Landfill Ways to Reduce Buy a Reusable Tape Dispenser Rather than buy a disposable tape dispenser every time you run out of tape, purchase a reusable dispenser that takes the tape refill rolls. Did You Know? Why Plastic Tape Dispensers Are So Hard to Recycle Currently, plastic tape dispensers like that ones that come with Scotch tape aren’t recyclable, even though the plastic they’re made of is. This is because recycling facilities aren’t equipped to sort out the tape dispensers due to the small volume that currently gets recycled.