#RecycleEverything with TerraCycle Zero Waste Box™
As seen on Good Morning America
The simple way to keep hard-to-recycle trash out of landfills and incinerators
TerraCycle’s core purpose is to combat the global waste crisis, and we’ve been working as a mission-driven recycling company for over 20 years to address it. We’re different from your local curbside recycling service. TerraCycle recycles the unrecyclable—items not typically accepted by traditional recyclers—like toys, as seen on Good Morning America, and so much more.
Zero Waste Box: Recycle what you couldn’t before
Zero Waste Boxes are the easy-to-use solution to recycle items that typically aren’t accepted by local recycling services. With so many boxes to choose from, we make it simple to #RecycleEverything!
Getting started with Zero Waste Boxes is easy. We have boxes for everything from coffee capsules to toys, beauty empties, PPE, and more! Browse our website and choose the one that matches the hard-to-recycle trash that you want to recycle. When the box is full, simply seal it and ship it back with the prepaid shipping label that’s already attached to the box–there are no additional costs or fees. Plus, all boxes ship carbon-neutral.
The cost of a Zero Waste Box reflects the cost of sorting, cleaning, processing, and recycling the collected waste, box, and liner, production of the box, transportation to you, and then back to our recycling facilities.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love This Box
I love being able to recycle all the things that otherwise would be thrown away. This box is perfect and allows my family to recycle incidentals that we wouldn’t otherwise have but sometimes come across.
- Andie A.
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This was the most satisfying experience. With two young children, the amount of plastic, broken toys in our house was overwhelming. Being able to recycle these old toys feels so much better than putting them in the garbage. So happy to have found this resource!
- Allison S.
You can read more about our recycling process and see our CEO, Tom Szaky - and our toy recycling process in action - on Good Morning America.
What happens to the trash we recycle?
Every shipment sent to us for recycling is checked in at one of our TerraCycle material recovery facilities (MRFs) and then sorted. After we recycle the waste into raw material, it’s sold to manufacturing companies who produce the end product and complete the recycling journey.
Some of the recycled plastic is used to create our TerraCycle Made products. TerraCycle Made is a small collection of products created from materials we collect and recycle together.
Why can’t I put items like toys in my curbside recycling bin?
Your local recycling company will accept an item if it can profit from recycling it, as shown in the illustration below. For example, aluminum cans are very profitable to recycle, so most curbside programs accept them. Toys and other hard-to-recycle items cost more to collect and process than the resulting recycled materials are worth, so they are typically not accepted by local recycling services.
How is TerraCycle different from other recycling companies?
We offer proven, first-of-their-kind recycling solutions for hundreds of waste streams, like beauty empties, snack packaging, cigarette butts, and so much more. Our supply chains are audited and accredited yearly, backing up our guarantee to recycle all the accepted waste sent to us. Learn more about why TerraCycle is different from other recyclers.
