What can I send in through this recycling program?

Huggies® diapers, wipes, and disposable swim pants plastic packaging Pull-Ups® diapers, wipes, and training pants plastic packaging Goodnites® diapers and bedwetting products plastic packaging U by Kotex® menstrual hygiene products plastic packaging Depend® underwear and bladder leakage products plastic packaging Scott® and Cottonelle® toilet paper and wipes plastic packaging Viva® paper towels plastic packaging Poise® leak pads, liners, and bladder supports plastic packaging Only plastic packaging is accepted in the program. Diapers, wipes, training pants, pads, liners, tampons, toilet paper, tissue, paper towels or any other products are not accepted in the program.

Home Free recycling programs Huggies® Free Recycling Program

Huggies® Free Recycling Program

Q: What are the best practices for shipping my recycling to TerraCycle?

We encourage you to ship when your box is full of Huggies®, Pull-Ups®, Goodnites®, U by Kotex®, Depend®, Scott®, Cottonelle®, Viva®, and Poise® plastic packaging to minimize the transportation carbon footprint for this program. Shipping carriers will not accept dripping packages, so please make sure your items are dry.

Recycle Huggies®, Pull-Ups®, Goodnites®, U by Kotex®, Depend®, Scott®, Cottonelle®, Viva®, and Poise® plastic packaging

Recycle Curbside

All Poise® cardboard packaging

All U by Kotex® cardboard packaging

All Goodnites® cardboard packaging

All Pull-Ups® cardboard packaging

All Huggies® cardboard packaging

Recycle with TerraCycle

All Huggies® plastic packaging

All Goodnites® plastic packaging

All Depend® plastic packaging

All U by Kotex® plastic packaging

Plastic packaging of participating brands

All Cottonelle® plastic packaging

All Huggies® wipes plastic packaging

All Poise® plastic packaging

All Pull-Ups® plastic packaging

All Huggies® diapers plastic packaging

All Poise® cardboard packaging

All U by Kotex® cardboard packaging

All Goodnites® cardboard packaging

All Pull-Ups® cardboard packaging

All Huggies® cardboard packaging

Please recycle locally where possible. The product packaging highlighted above may be recyclable through your local curbside service or municipal recycling drop-off locations. If not, you can send to TerraCycle with the rest of your shipment for this program.

All Huggies® plastic packaging

All Goodnites® plastic packaging

All Depend® plastic packaging

All U by Kotex® plastic packaging

Plastic packaging of participating brands

All Cottonelle® plastic packaging

All Huggies® wipes plastic packaging

All Poise® plastic packaging

All Pull-Ups® plastic packaging

All Huggies® diapers plastic packaging

Recycle from anywhere

How it works

Huggies is closing its free recycling program on December 30, 2025. Please download your free shipping label by this date and send your shipment as soon as possible. To continue recycling Huggies^®, Pull-Ups^®, Goodnites^®, U by Kotex^®, Depend^®, Scott^®, Cottonelle^®, Viva^®, and Poise^® plastic packaging, please consider our convenient Plastic Packaging - Zero Waste Pouch.

We’ve made getting started with the Huggies^® Free Recycling Program easy! Simply request a QR code or shipping label with FedEx, or download a shipping label via UPS to send your Huggies^®, Pull-Ups^®, Goodnites^®, U by Kotex^®, Depend^®, Scott^®, Cottonelle^®, Viva^®, and Poise^® plastic packaging for free to TerraCycle, and we’ll recycle it. Enrollment limits apply. If the program is full, you will be added to a waitlist.

Collect

Create a TerraCycle account and join this program. Then reuse any box you have to start collecting your Huggies^®, Pull-Ups^®, Goodnites^®, U by Kotex^®, Depend^®, Scott^®, Cottonelle^®, Viva^®, and Poise^® plastic packaging.

Request a shipping label

When your box is full, sign in to your TerraCycle account and request a QR code or shipping label with FedEx, or download a shipping label via UPS.

Ship

Seal your box, remove old labels, and your chosen shipping carrier will send it to us to be recycled.

Get started

Participating in this program is easy and FREE! See answers to frequently-asked questions here. Enrollment limits apply. If the program is full, you will be added to a waitlist.

Huggies^® diapers, wipes, and disposable swim pants plastic packaging
Pull-Ups^® diapers, wipes, and training pants plastic packaging
Goodnites^® diapers and bedwetting products plastic packaging
U by Kotex^® menstrual hygiene products plastic packaging
Depend^® underwear and bladder leakage products plastic packaging
Scott^® and Cottonelle® toilet paper and wipes plastic packaging
Viva^® paper towels plastic packaging
Poise^® leak pads, liners, and bladder supports plastic packaging

Only plastic packaging is accepted in the program. Diapers, wipes, training pants, pads, liners, tampons, toilet paper, tissue, paper towels or any other products are not accepted in the program.

No, this free recycling program has additional participating brands, which means you can recycle the packaging of the participating brands: Huggies^®, Pull-Ups^®, Goodnites^®, U by Kotex^®, Depend^®, Scott^®, Cottonelle^®, Viva^®, and Poise^®.

Huggies® has sponsored this free recycling program, so there is no direct cost to you.

We encourage you to ship when your box is full of Huggies^®, Pull-Ups^®, Goodnites^®, U by Kotex^®, Depend^®, Scott^®, Cottonelle^®, Viva^®, and Poise^® plastic packaging to minimize the transportation carbon footprint for this program. Shipping carriers 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, but please remove as much of the remaining product as possible before shipping.

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Discover our recycling process

Once collected, the Huggies^®, Pull-Ups^®, Goodnites^®, U by Kotex^®, Depend^®, Scott^®, Cottonelle^®, Viva^®, and Poise^® plastic packaging is cleaned and separated by material type. The materials are recycled into raw formats that manufacturers use to make new products. Click here to take a virtual tour of our processing facilities.

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