The Burt’s Bees® Personal Care Recycling Programme
Recycle your personal care product packaging through this programme
- Participating locations
- 258
- Available locations
- 92
How to participate
You can recycle your personal care product packaging in 2 different ways:
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By dropping it off at a nearby public drop-off location
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By setting up your own public drop-off location
To learn more, please take a look at the "How It Works" section further down the page.
Drop-off locations
Click on the map for drop-off locations
How it works
There are 2 different ways to participate in this programme:
1) Drop off your personal care product packaging at your nearest public drop-off location
Find your nearest public drop-off location on the interactive map above and drop off any accepted personal care product packaging during the opening hours.
2) Set up a public drop-off location
If there are no public drop-off locations near you, you can set up your own. Simply follow the steps below:
- Create a TerraCycle® account
- Find a public place to host your collection (with the prior consent of the person in charge of the place)
- Fill out this form to finalise your request
To learn more about what public drop-off locations are and what it involves to set up one, please click here.
Once you are a member of the programme (by setting up a public drop-off location) and when you are ready to send a shipment, please follow these steps:
- Download a free UPS label from your account
- Print your label out
- Attach your label to your parcel. Please make sure you use a sturdy cardboard box which is no larger than 60x60x50cm in size.
- Simply book a free pick-up via UPS by calling 03457 877 877 or book online via this link. Alternatively, you can also drop off your parcel at your closest UPS drop-off point, which you can find here.
What you can recycle in this programme
Please check out our Accepted Waste Poster below for more details.
What happens to this waste
Once collected, the personal care product packaging is separated by polymer type and cleaned (if necessary). The material is then extruded into plastic pellets to make new recycled products. Click here to learn more about the recycling process.
Rewards
This programme offers 100 TerraCycle® points for each kilogram of personal care product packaging sent. However, the points will only be awarded if the parcel reaches the minimum weight of 500 grams.
For example:
200 grams = 0 TerraCycle® points
500 grams = 50 TerraCycle® points
1 kilogram = 100 TerraCycle® points
Please note that TerraCycle® points are credited to the accounts of programme members as a reward for their collection efforts. The number of points given is determined by the weight of the parcel. 1 TerraCycle® point is worth 1 penny.
Once credited, the points can be redeemed into financial donations to the charity or school chosen by the owner of the points. The points must be redeemed on the TerraCycle® website.
Resources
Learn more about BURT’S BEES®
We believe in taking care of the world around us so want to close the loop on our packaging and with your help, ensure it doesn’t end up in landfills or oceans. That’s why we’ve partnered with award-winning company TerraCycle® to provide a free and simple solution to ensure recycling Burt’s Bees products is easy.
Find out more about Burt’s Bees®
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