Gillette Razor Free Recycling Programme
Recycle any brand of used razor blades and their packaging
All brands accepted
Flexible plastic packaging
Rigid plastic packaging
Disposable blades and razors
Refillable blades and razors
Find a location near you
Bring your recycling to a participating public drop-off point near you. It's free, and you won't need a TerraCycle account or shipping label.
This map is constantly being updated
How to become a public drop-off point
Simply request to join this programme, and once you are confirmed, your location will show up on the public drop-off point 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.
Collect with Your Community
Once your location is approved as a public drop-off point, community members will be able to find it on the map and drop-off their rubbish to be recycled.
Print Free Shipping Labels
When a box is full, sign in to your TerraCycle account to download and print a prepaid shipping label.
Ship
Seal the box, affix the prepaid shipping label, and send it to us to be recycled.
Get Started
Starting and managing a TerraCycle public drop-off point 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 public drop-off point.
It’s quite simple to set up and manage a public drop-off point, and you can recruit a group of friends to help!
Set Up:
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Choose a location and receive permission if needed.
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Update a new or existing TerraCycle account profile with details about your public drop-off point.
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Request to join the programmes you would like to participate in.
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Once you’ve been approved for the programmes you requested, set up your public drop-off point location.
Manage:
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Oversee the location (check it is being used properly, that rubbish is being shipped when collection boxes are filled).
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When boxes are filled, seal them, download and affix the prepaid labels, and drop off the boxes at a New Zealand Post.
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Continue to join programmes of your choosing.
Promote: Spread awareness about your drop-off point (as you see fit) to encourage participation.
Allocate: As you accumulate TerraCycle recycling rewards, choose which charities will receive donations from your points.
Gillette 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 public drop-off points. Stores, community centers, places of worship, and libraries are great options.
You choose which TerraCycle free recycling programmes your public drop-off point will participate in. Collectors can drop off only the rubbish accepted in those TerraCycle programmes.
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 $45 million dollars globally for schools and charities through our recycling programmes.
Click here to learn more about our Recycling Rewards Programm
1. Recycle
Request for your public drop-off point to join the Gillette Razor Free Recycling Programme. Once approved, begin collecting recycling with your community.
2. Earn Rewards
Send in the recycling you’ve collected at your public drop-off point. As the drop-off point administrator, you’ll earn all of the points for your shipments! Shipments earn 1 point per piece of rubbish.
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 Hub, such as Movember or Foodbank.
How it works
We’ve made getting started with the Gillette Razor Free Recycling Programme easy! Simply download a free shipping label to ship your used razors and their packaging to TerraCycle, and we’ll recycle them.
Collect
Create a TerraCycle account and join this programme. Then reuse any box you have to start collecting your used razor blades and their packaging.
Print Free Label
When your box is full, sign-in to your TerraCycle account to download and print a prepaid shipping label.
Ship
Seal your box, affix the prepaid shipping label, and send it to us to be recycled.
Get Started
Participating in this programme is easy and FREE! See answers to frequently-asked questions here.
Any brand of razor and its packaging - including but not limited to Gillette and Venus.
Outer cardboard packaging can be recycled with your local council, so please don’t include this in your shipment to TerraCycle.
Due to the hazardous nature of the waste, it is required that all packages shipped through this programme adhere to the following regulations:
- Waste must be packed in a strong and sturdy cardboard box. Please do not use bags, sachets, flimsy cardboard boxes or the packaging your razors were sold in.
- We do not accept any other type of blade or sharp through this programme - razors and their packaging only.
Please consider collecting a few months' worth of waste before shipping to TerraCycle.
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.
Gillette and Venus sponsor this national recycling programme making it free for you to participate.
We encourage you to ship when your box is full of rubbish to minimise the footprint of this programme. New Zealand Post will not accept dripping packages, so please make sure your items are dry.
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 $45 million dollars globally for schools and charities through our recycling programmes.
Click here to learn more about our Recycling Rewards Programme.
1. Recycle
Sign up for the Gillette Razor Free Recycling Programme and begin recycling.
2. Earn Rewards
Send in your recycling to earn reward points. Shipments earn 1 point per piece of rubbish recycled.
3. Redeem Rewards
TerraCycle points can be redeemed for a donation of $0.01 per point to the charitable organisation or school of your choice such as Movember or Foodbank.
Discover Our Recycling Process
Once collected, the razor blades and their packaging are broken down and separated by material. Plastics are cleaned and pelletised to be recycled into new products, and metal materials are sent for smelting and conversion to new alloys.
Click here to take a virtual tour of our processing facilities.