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Burt's Bees Recycle on Us

Recycle your used Burt's Bees packaging for free

Recycle with TerraCycle

Burt's Bees lip gloss

Burt's Bees tubes

Burt's Bees flexible plastic packaging

Burt's Bees lip crayon

Burt's Bees lipstick

Burt's Bees bottles, pumps and caps

Burt's Bees lip balm

Burt's Bees lip gloss

Burt's Bees tubes

Burt's Bees flexible plastic packaging

Burt's Bees lip crayon

Burt's Bees lipstick

Burt's Bees bottles, pumps and caps

Burt's Bees lip balm

Recycle from anywhere

How it works

We’ve made getting started with the free Burt's Bees Recycle on Us Program easy! Simply download a free shipping label to ship your Burt's Bees personal care, lip care, and beauty care packaging to TerraCycle, and we’ll recycle it.

Collect

Create a TerraCycle account and join this program. Then reuse any box you have to start collecting your Burt's Bees 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.

Get Started

Participating in this program is easy and FREE! See answers to frequently-asked questions here.

Accepted Waste Poster

No, you do not need to clean the packaging before dropping it off for recycling, but please remove as much of the remaining product as possible before shipping it to TerraCycle to be recycled. Australia Post will not accept dripping items, so please make sure your items are dry.

We encourage you to ship larger collections to minimise the footprint of this program. Australia Post will not accept dripping packages, so please make sure your items are dry.

Burts Bees sponsors this national recycling program making it free for you to participate.

Burt's Bees branded personal care, lip care, and skin packaging are accepted in the program.

This program does not accept:

Other brands of skincare and personal care packaging
Outer cardboard packaging can be recycled with your local council, so please don’t include this in your shipment to TerraCycle

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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 ($1) per kilogram.

3. Redeem Rewards

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

Discover Our Recycling Process

Once collected, the Burt's Bees packaging is cleaned and separated by material type. The fibres 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 Burt's Bees

Over the years Burt’s Bees brand has become one of the world’s leading natural personal care brands. On average, Burt’s Bees products are 99% natural, with over half of the products 100% natural — after all, what goes on to your body goes into your body.