Walmart Beauty Free Recycling Program
Recycle all brands of beauty packaging in-store
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Mascara tubes and wands
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Drop off your recycling in store
Enjoy the convenience of recycling a wide variety of beauty packaging at dedicated collection bins located inside Walmart. Use the interactive map below to search for locations near you.
How it works
Help us keep our planet beautiful by recycling your beauty empties! TerraCycle and Walmart have partnered to create a FREE recycling program for all brands of beauty, haircare, and skincare products and packaging.
- Search for a participating Walmart location near you
- Collect your beauty, haircare, and skincare products and packaging
- Drop off your empties to recycle at dedicated collection bins in-store
Get Started
Participating in this program is easy and FREE! See answers to frequently-asked questions here.
All brands of empty cosmetics, haircare, and skincare packaging, such as:
Cosmetics
- Plastic and glass tubes, pots, pumps, sprays, and jars
- Lipstick, lip balm, and lip gloss tubes, cases, and caps
- Mascara tubes
- Eyeliner pencils and cases
- Eyeshadow and bronzer cases
- Foundation packaging
- Powder cases
- Eyeshadow and concealer tubes and sticks
Haircare
- Shampoo and conditioner bottles, caps, and pumps
- Hair gel and styling product tubes and pots
- Non-aerosol hair spray bottles, triggers, and pumps
Skincare
- Body lotion and body wash bottles and caps
- Face cream and sunscreen tubes and pumps
- Cleanser and serum packaging
- Soap bottles and dispensers
Not accepted items include: Aerosols, cardboard packaging, electronic or battery-powered items, makeup wipes and sponges, nail polish, perfume, reusable cotton pads and cloths, wooden pencils and makeup brushes, sharps, broken glass, and razors.
No, this program accepts empty cosmetics from all brands.
No, you do not need to clean the products and packaging before dropping them in-store for recycling through TerraCycle. However, please remove as much of the remaining product as possible and make sure your items are dry before you drop them off.
No, Walmart and P&G have sponsored this recycling program, so it is free for you to participate!
Discover Our Recycling Process
Once collected, beauty and skincare product 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.