The Taylors Coffee and Yorkshire Tea Free Recycling Programme
All brands accepted
This programme is now closed. A huge thank you to everyone who took part in this programme. Don’t let this affect your recycling momentum! We encourage you to check out the other recycling programmes we offer so you can continue to prevent your waste from ending up in landfills and incinerators.
All brands of outer packaging for coffee bags
All brands of large bags of tea bags
Loose leaf tea packs
Drop off your recycling at a location near you
Bring your recycling to a participating 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
The programme is closing.
You have until 28 January 2026 to download your prepaid QR codes or shipping labels and send us your last parcels. Parcels dropped at an InPost locker or handed over to the FedEx courier after this date will not receive any TerraCycle points.
Simply request to join this programme, and once you are confirmed, your location will show up on the drop-off map. Set up boxes that community members can fill with their rubbish to be recycled, and send full boxes to TerraCycle via InPost or FedEx at no cost to you.
Get Started
This programme is now closed.
A huge thank you to everyone who took part in this programme. Don’t let this affect your recycling momentum! We encourage you to check out the other recycling programmes we offer so you can continue to prevent your waste from ending up in landfills and incinerators.
See answers to frequently-asked questions here. Can’t find the answer to your question on this page? Learn more about becoming a drop-off point.
Click here to learn how to start a public drop-off point.
Please note: Only one drop-off location per account per programme is authorised. 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. week.
It’s easy to set up and manage a drop-off point, and you can recruit a group of friends to help!
Set Up:
- Choose a location and receive permission if needed.
- Create or update your TerraCycle account profile with details about your drop-off location.
- Request to join the programmes of your choice.
- Once approved, set up your drop-off location.
Manage:
- Oversee the location (check it is being used properly, and that waste is being shipped when collection boxes are filled).
- When boxes are filled, seal them to ship them to us.
We encourage you to send your box when it is full of accepted waste to minimise the transportation carbon footprint for this programme. Sending your hard-to-recycle rubbish is easy: Simply scan your prepaid QR code when you drop off your box at an InPost locker or print your prepaid shipping label to send your box via FedEx. Wet/dripping packages will not be accepted, so please make sure they are dry.
Please follow the steps below to send your waste to us. We recommend the paperless service offered by InPost.
InPost - no printer required:
- Request a prepaid InPost QR code from your account. You’ll receive it via email.
- No need to print it! Simply have it ready on your phone.
- Place your waste in a sturdy cardboard box that is no bigger than 41x38x64 cm and has a maximum weight of 15 kg.
- Find your nearest 24/7 InPost Locker here - there are over 7,000 across the UK - and scan your unique QR code when you drop off your parcel.
FedEx - printer required:
- Request a prepaid FedEx label from your account.
- Download your label and print it out from your email.
- Either arrange a parcel pickup or drop them off at FedEx parcel shops
- For collection: Your parcel must not weigh more than 30 kg, and dimensions can’t exceed 100cm x 70cm x 70cm
- For drop-off: Your parcel must not weigh more than 15kg max, and dimensions can’t exceed 90cm x 60cm x 60cm
→ over 4,500 locations available
You can use the same label to plan a collection or drop off the parcel.
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For collection: Schedule online at fedex.com/en-gb/shipping/schedule-pickup
or by phone (03456 00 00 68). Provide your tracking number (this is 12 digits, located in bold at the bottom of your label) and postcode, and select “arrange a pick-up” on the next page, choose a pickup date/time, and add any instructions. You can arrange a collection for the same postcode or a different one.
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Drop-off: Take your parcel to any FedEx location and show your label.
If the request is received before 1 pm, FedEx will attempt collection the same day.
If the request is received after 1 pm, FedEx will attempt collection on the next business day.
Promote: Spread awareness about your location to encourage participation.
Allocate: As you accumulate TerraCycle points, choose which charities to donate to!
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.
No - unfortunately we do not provide collection boxes for this programme.
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 £33 million pounds globally for schools and charities through our recycling programmes.
Click here to learn more about our Recycling Rewards Programme.
1. Recycle
Request for your drop-off point to join the Taylors Coffee and Yorkshire Tea Free Recycling Programme. Once approved, begin collecting recycling with your community.
2. Earn Rewards
Send in the recycling you’ve collected at your drop-off point. As the drop-off administrator, you’ll earn all of the points for your shipments! Shipments earn 100 points per kilogram. To earn points, the minimum weight of your shipment must be 100 grams.
3. Redeem Rewards
TerraCycle points can be redeemed for a donation of £0.01 per point. You’ll get to choose which charities or schools to support with the points you earn from your drop-off.
Discover Our Recycling Process
Once collected, the coffee pouches and sachets are shredded and melted into plastic pellets that can be remolded into new products. Any remaining coffee grounds are removed and sent for composting.
Click here to learn more about the recycling process.
Learn More About Taylors of Harrogate
“We rely on a healthy planet to keep producing great tea and coffee at Taylors of Harrogate. That’s why we’ve helped to plant over 8 million trees around the world, become a CarbonNeutral® company, and are working hard to make sure that all our packaging materials can be recycled. Until then, we’ve teamed up with TerraCycle so that our customers can recycle the plastics that councils don’t collect. Check out taylorsimpact.com to see our progress.”