A Guide to Redeeming your TerraCycle Points

Participate in TerraCycle®’s free recycling programmes, earn TerraCycle® points and support organisations with charitable donations.

Once you’ve got a minimum of 2,000 TerraCycle® points in your account, you can redeem them as a monetary donation to a charity, school or non-profit of your choice. You can choose from the ones already registered, or add a new one! Adding a new charity is a straightforward process and all you need to do is complete the registration form and send the completed bank details form of your chosen charity to our Customer Support team. Then our team can review and approve it on our system (to make it eligible for donations).

How can I redeem my points?

It’s simple, just follow the steps below:

  1. 'Sign in' to your account and click the ‘My Points’ drop down within your account section, followed by 'Redeem my points', then choose from either your saved organisations, or select 'View all charities' to check out how you can support one of our highlighted charity partners.

  2. Select ‘Redeem My Points’ next to your chosen organisation.

  3. Decide how many points you’d like to donate and select 'Redeem points'. 

  4. You’ll receive an email from us to certify your points have been redeemed successfully!

How do I know if a charity is approved and if I can redeem points for it?

If you are looking to redeem points for a charity previously added to your account, please sign in and check its status by viewing the 'My saved organisations' section on the TerraCycle Recycling Rewards page. If your charity is labelled under ‘My Saved Organisations’ then you’re all set to start redeeming!

If you would like to add a new charity to your account from the charities which are already registered, please use the ‘search for an existing charity’ search bar. You will be able to identify all ‘approved’ charities below the search bar. Select 'redeem my points' next to the listed charity name.

How do I register a new charity?

If the organisation you’d like to donate to isn’t appearing in the ‘Search for an existing charity’ menu, you can add your own by following these steps:

  1. Click here to fill in the registration form.

  2. ​Send us the bank details using this form and attach it in an email to customersupport@terracycle.ie.

It’s worth noting that if the information on the registration form is missing, you will be contacted by our Customer Support team to provide these details. However, if you do not provide the charity’s bank details, your organisation’s status will remain ‘unapproved’, and it won’t be eligible for points. If you are registering a school, please provide a contact person for the school (with their prior consent). If you are registering a charity, there is the option to provide the charity number but this is not mandatory.

Can I redeem my points for a charitable gift?

Yes of course! Our charitable gifts are a great way to redeem your TerraCycle® points. Take a look at the different worthy causes here. For some of our charitable gifts, you only need 1000 points to donate.