Hair and Body Care Accessories - Zero Waste Box

Use this box to recycle any product or packaging which was used for personal care, beauty, or styling.

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Use this box to recycle any product or packaging which was used for personal care, beauty, or styling.

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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/or manually separated into metals, glass and plastics. Metals are smelted so they may be recycled. The glass is melted and recycled. The plastics undergo extrusion and pelletisation to be moulded into new recycled plastic products.

Accepted waste

Please send us your discarded inserts, insoles, pedicure kits, empty anti-fungal containers, ointment packaging, non-electronic hair care and styling tools such as brushes, combs, picks, clips, bobby pins, hair ties, scrunchies, empty shampoo and conditioner bottles, gel packaging, non-pressurized hair spray bottles, wax jars, pomade tins, hair dye packaging, and blow-dryer attachments like combs and diffusers.

Please do NOT...

include any electronic items such as blow dryers and straighteners, any bio-medical or bio-hazardous waste or any contents of packaging such as nail-polish, lotion, soap or ointments, plant-based or biodegradable plastics (ie. PLA), wood or bamboo products, sheet masks for face, hands and feet. Please note that we will not accept organics, broken glass, bio-medical waste, soiled nappies, expired medication, pesticides, paint, pressurised canisters, and medical sharps in any of our boxes. Please send traditional recyclables through your local council system.

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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