GLAD® Food Storage Free Recycling Programme

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: 

• Choose a location and receive permission if needed.

• Update a new or existing TerraCycle account profile with details about your public drop-off point.

• Request to join the programmes you would like to participate in.

• Once you’ve been approved for the programmes you requested, set up your public drop-off point location. 

Manage: 

• Oversee the location (check it is being used properly, that rubbish is being shipped when collection boxes are filled). 

• When boxes are filled, seal them, download and affix the prepaid labels, and drop off the boxes at a New Zealand Post.

• 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.

Click here to learn how to start a public drop-off point.

GLAD 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.