The programme is closing. Please bring your product packaging to your nearest participating drop-off point before 31st January. It’s free, and you won’t need a TerraCycle account or shipping label.
Please note that the content on this page is user generated. If you find a location that is no longer active, contact us at customercare@terracycle.co.uk.
The Personal Care and Beauty Recycling Programme will be closing on 31st January and is no longer accepting any new members.
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The Personal Care and Beauty Recycling Programme will be closing on 31st January and is no longer accepting new members.
Please note: A minimum distance of 2 miles is required between each drop-off point, unless you are in a heavily populated area. In addition, your public drop-off point must be open for at least 3 hours per week.
It’s quite simple to set up and manage a drop-off point, and you can recruit a group of friends to help!
Set Up:
Manage:
Promote: Spread awareness about your location (as you see fit) to encourage participation.
Allocate: As you accumulate TerraCycle recycling rewards, choose which charities will receive donations from your points.
There are no direct costs to you for running a public drop-off point. Many collectors spend nothing other than their time. You may choose to purchase specific boxes or bins for your drop-off location, but you can also just use extra boxes you have at home.
Public spaces that have good traffic flow and are easily accessible are excellent drop-off points. Stores, community centers, places of worship, and libraries are great options.
You choose which TerraCycle free recycling programmes your drop-off point will participate in. Collectors can drop off only the waste accepted in those TerraCycle programmes.
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 £33 million pounds globally for schools and charities through our recycling programmes.
Click here to learn more about our Recycling Rewards Programme.
The Personal Care and Beauty Recycling Programme will be closing on 31st January. Please download your shipping label and send us your last parcels by this date.
See answers to frequently-asked questions here. Can’t find the answer to your question on this page? Visit our Help Centre.
You can recycle your skin care, beauty and hair care packaging through this programme.
Waste that is NOT accepted:
Please download our Accepted Waste Poster for more details.
*Please note that plastic bottles are recyclable in almost all UK council recycling systems. Our programme does accept plastic bottles, however as these are widely recyclable, we ask that you only send us bottles if it is not possible to recycle them via your local council system. Always remember to remove the labels on the bottles and recycle them with TerraCycle.
**At this time aerosols are not accepted as part of the recycling programme. We are exploring with TerraCycle the potential for their inclusion in the future, however the good news is that in most parts of the UK, aerosol recycling is possible. More than 96% of local authorities recycle aerosols through kerbside collections. Please visit your local council website to find out how you can recycle aerosols locally. Always make sure your aerosols are empty and recycle the aerosol lids separately.
No, the Personal Care and Beauty accepts your beauty product packaging from all brands.
Garnier® & L’Oréal Paris have sponsored this national recycling programme, so there is no direct cost to you.
The Personal Care and Beauty Recycling Programme will be closing on 31st January. Please download your shipping label and send us your last parcels by this date.
We encourage you to ship when your box is full of empty beauty product packaging to minimize the transportation carbon footprint for this programme. UPS will not accept dripping packages, so please make sure your items are dry.
When you are ready to send a parcel, please follow these steps:
No, you do not need to clean the packaging before dropping it off, but please remove as much of the remaining product as possible before shipping. Public drop-off locations will not accept dripping items, so make sure your items are dry.
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 £33 million pounds globally for schools and charities through our recycling programmes.
Click here to learn more about our Recycling Rewards Programme.
Once collected, the personal care and beauty packaging is separated by polymer type, cleaned, and extruded into plastic pellets to make new recycled products.
Click here to take a virtual tour of our processing facilities.
Garnier® is committed to sustainable, environmentally-friendly beauty – to preserving biodiversity and minimising our impact on the earth's climate. We are trying hard to reduce packaging and increase the use of recycled materials. All our cardboard and paper-based packaging is FSC-certified and we are significantly reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions from our factories. Recycling waste and reducing landfill is a cornerstone of our efforts and through our partnership with TerraCycle®, we want to inspire others to get involved. Click here to learn more.
L’Oréal Paris is the world’s leading cosmetics brand, making the best of luxury beauty available and accessible to everyone. From makeup and skincare to haircare and haircolor, our pioneering spirit leads our scientific excellence and restless innovation. We have been committed to safety, efficacy and quality for more than 110 years. As a brand which has always championed and celebrated women’s empowerment, L’Oréal Paris challenges stereotypes with a modern vision of femininity. Indeed, we support all women on their journey to fulfill themselves according to their own rules and desires.