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Colgate® Academic Free Recycling Program

Recycle oral care product packaging

Recycle from anywhere

How it works

We’ve made getting started with the Colgate® Free Recycling Program easy! Simply download a free shipping label to ship your Colgate® oral care product packaging to TerraCycle, and we’ll recycle it. Enrollment limits apply. If the program is full, you will be added to a waitlist.

Collect

Create a TerraCycle account and join this program. Then reuse any box you have to start collecting your Colgate® oral care product packaging.

Print Free Label

When your box is full, sign-in to your TerraCycle account to download and print a prepaid shipping label.

Ship

Seal your box, affix the prepaid shipping label, and send it to us to be recycled.

Earn Recycling Rewards

Earn TerraCycle points by recycling with us! You can redeem your points in the form of a donation to a school or charity of your choice. Thanks to the recycling efforts of our collectors, we've raised over $45 million dollars globally for schools and charities through our recycling programs.

Click here to learn more about our Recycling Rewards Program.

1. Recycle

2. Earn Rewards

Send in your recycling to earn reward points. Shipments earn 100 points per pound.

3. Redeem Rewards

TerraCycle points can be redeemed for a donation of $0.01 per point to the charitable organization or school of your choice.

Discover Our Recycling Process

Once collected, the Colgate® oral care product packaging are cleaned and separated by material type. The fibers and plastics are recycled into raw formats that manufacturers use to make new products. Click here to take a virtual tour of our processing facilities.

Learn more about Colgate®

Colgate® is proud of their partnership with TerraCycle and is committed to making a difference. As a company that strives to be the best truly global consumer products company, Colgate® is committed to doing business with integrity and respect for all people and for the world around us.