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Recycle Outgrown Kids’ Clothes In-Store with Carter’s & TerraCycle

Carter’s®, the trusted name in baby and children's apparel, and TerraCycle®, an international leader in innovative sustainability solutions, are teaming up to help families recycle used baby and kid clothing that’s past its prime, keeping valuable materials out of landfills and incinerators.

Starting May 1 and running throughout the month, families are invited to bring used baby and kid clothing from any brand to participating Carter’s stores across California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, and Oregon.

Scrap Monster · May 13, 2025

Bausch + Lomb Recycles a Total of Over 625,000 Pounds of Contact Lenses and Eye Care Products

Bausch + Lomb has announced that its ONE by ONE Recycling and Biotrue Eye Care Recycling programs have collected a total of 103,169,500 units, or 625,026 pounds, of used contact lenses, eye care, and lens care materials in the US. That weight is the equivalent of approximately 600 concert grand pianos, according to a news release.

“These award-winning recycling programs continue to drive a positive environmental impact, offering eye care professionals, patients, and consumers a way to properly recycle used eye health materials,” said Amy Butler, vice president of global environment, health, safety, and sustainability at Bausch + Lomb, in the release.

 

Optometry Times · Apr 23, 2025

The 2025 guide to recycling electronics, beauty empties, and clothing

When you really think about it, life is just a constant cycle of acquiring new stuff and figuring out what to do with the old stuff. And when there's not a one-size-fits-all way to properly get rid of that old stuff, clutter happens.

Most of us have been conditioned to recycle some common everyday materials, but curbside recycling isn't too helpful past paper, metal, glass, and certain types of plastic. Even then, a shockingly low percentage of recyclable items are actually recycled. I digress.

Other personal items, like clothes and shoes or electronics and batteries, are more confusing to deal with. Can they be recycled, or is throwing them away the only option?

Mashable · Apr 22, 2025