Colgate Oral Care Free Recycling Program
This program is temporarily paused, but is set to reopen soon.
Toothpaste tubes and caps
Electric toothbrush heads
Floss containers
RecyClean toothbrushes
Manual toothbrushes
Interdental brushes
Kids toothbrushes
All brands accepted
Drop off your recycling at a location near you
Bring your recycling to a participating public drop-off point near you. It's free, and you won't need a TerraCycle account or shipping label.
How to become a public drop-off point
Simply request to join this program, and once you are confirmed, your location will show up on the public drop-off point map. Set up boxes that community members can fill with their rubbish to be recycled, and send full boxes to TerraCycle at no cost to you.
Get Started
Starting and managing a TerraCycle public drop-off point is easy and free! See answers to frequently-asked questions here. Can’t find the answer to your question on this page? Learn more about becoming a public drop-off point.
You choose which TerraCycle free recycling programs your public drop-off point will participate in. Collectors can drop off only the rubbish accepted in those TerraCycle programs.
Colgate sponsors this national recycling program making it free for you to participate.
Public spaces that have good traffic flow and are easily accessible are excellent public drop-off points. Stores, community centers, places of worship, and libraries are great options.
It’s quite simple to set up and manage a public drop-off point, and you can recruit a group of friends to help!
Set Up:
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Choose a location and receive permission if needed.
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Update a new or existing TerraCycle account profile with details about your public drop-off point.
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Request to join the programs you would like to participate in.
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Once you’ve been approved for the programs you requested, set up your public drop-off point location.
Manage:
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Oversee the location (check it is being used properly, that rubbish is being shipped when collection boxes are filled).
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When boxes are filled, seal them, download and affix the prepaid labels, and drop off the boxes at an Australia Post.
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Continue to join programs of your choosing.
Promote: Spread awareness about your drop-off point (as you see fit) to encourage participation.
Discover Our Recycling Process
Once collected, the oral care 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 Colgate®
TerraCycle is excited to partner with Colgate® to bring a national recycling solution for oral care products to Australia. To learn more about Colgate®, click here.