Bring your recycling to a participating Community Collection Hub near you. It's free, and you won't need a TerraCycle account or shipping label.
This map is constantly being updated
Simply request to join this programme, and once you are confirmed, your location will show up on the Community Collection Hub map. Set up boxes that community members can fill with their rubbish to be recycled, and send full boxes to TerraCycle at no cost to you.
Starting and managing a TerraCycle Community Collection Hub is easy and free! See answers to frequently-asked questions here. Can’t find the answer to your question on this page? Learn more about becoming a Community Collection Hub
It’s quite simple to set up and manage a Community Collection Hub, and you can recruit a group of friends to help!
Set Up:
Manage:
Promote: Spread awareness about your Hub (as you see fit) to encourage participation.
Allocate: As you accumulate TerraCycle recycling rewards, choose which charities will receive donations from your points.
NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® sponsors this national recycling programme making it free for you to participate.
Public spaces that have good traffic flow and are easily accessible are excellent Community Collection Hubs. Stores, community centers, places of worship, and libraries are great options.
You choose which TerraCycle free recycling programmes your Community Collection Hub will participate in. Collectors can drop off only the rubbish 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 $45 million dollars globally for schools and charities through our recycling programmes.
Click here to learn more about our Recycling Rewards Programme.
We’ve made getting started with the NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® Capsule Free Recycling Programme easy! Simply download a free shipping label to ship your plastic capsules to TerraCycle, and we’ll recycle them.
Participating in this programme is easy and FREE! See answers to frequently-asked questions here.
NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® sponsors this national recycling programme making it free for you to participate.
NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® plastic capsules including Starbucks by NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® capsules.
The programme does not accept:
Outer cardboard packaging can be recycled with your local council, so please don’t include this in your shipment to TerraCycle.
We encourage you to ship when your box is full of capsules weighs 7kg or more to minimise the footprint of this programme. New Zealand Post will not accept dripping packages, so please make sure your items are dry.
No, you do not need to clean the packaging before dropping it off for recycling. New Zealand Post will not accept dripping items, so please make sure your items are dry. You can ensure your capsules are dry by squeezing out excess liquid and ensuring they are in a sealed bag.
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 $45 million dollars globally for schools and charities through our recycling programmes.
Click here to learn more about our Recycling Rewards Programme
Once collected, the NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® Capsules are shredded to separate the coffee ground from the plastic. The plastic is then melted in order to be remoulded to make new recycled products.
Click here to take a virtual tour of our processing facilities.
TerraCycle is excited to partner with Nescafé to bring a national recycling solution for NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto® capsules to New Zealand. To learn more about NESCAFÉ® Dolce Gusto®, click here.