Oral Care Waste and Packaging - Zero Waste Box™
You can now recycle your used oral care waste to prevent them from going to landfills.
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You can now recycle your used oral care waste to prevent them from going to landfills.
Small box
£134.21
Medium box
£183.36
Large box
£263.71
How it works
Please choose the size box you'd like to purchase. When you receive your box fill it with the appropriate waste streams. Once full, bring your box to any UPS location or schedule a collection to send your items back to TerraCycle using the pre-paid UPS shipping label which is already affixed to your box. When we receive your box, we'll safely recycle all of the collected materials.
What happens to the waste?
The collected waste is mechanically and hand separated into fibres (like wood and coated paper), plastics and other materials. The resulting fibres will be hydropulped to separate out coatings (like wax and plastics). The separated fiber will be recycled into new paper products, or composted if recycling is not possible. The resulting plastics will be recycled into plastic polymers. Flexible and rigid plastics undergo extrusion and pelletisation to be moulded into various recycled plastic products.
Accepted waste
Toothpaste tubes and caps, plastic toothbrushes, electric toothbrush heads which don’t contain an RFID microchip, interdental brushes, floss containers.
Please do NOT...
UNACCEPTED WASTE: Electric toothbrushes, smart brush heads with RFID microchip, plant-based, wooden and bamboo toothbrushes. Hazardous waste (sharp, flammable, reactive, corrosive, ignitable, toxic, infectious or pathogenic) which presents a danger to the environment, or to people. Batteries, pressurized canisters, broken glass and medical waste.
Best practices for recycling
In order to recycle this waste stream properly, please make sure all excess product has been removed (i.e. paint from paint tubes). Additionally, if you choose to rinse your product, please note that it must be completely dry prior to shipping.
Help make this nationally recyclable
We work with brand partners to create recycling solutions that enable consumers to recycle their products and/or packaging for free. If you represent an eco-minded company and are interested in working with us, please contact customercare@terracycle.co.uk.
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