Writing Instruments Free Recycling Program
All brands accepted
Recycle any brand of used writing instruments
Pens
Highlighers
Markers
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Empty correction fluid pots
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Empty correction fluid tape
Mechanical pencils and eraser pens
Pen soft plastic packaging
Drop off your recycling in store
Bring your recycling to a participating public drop-off point or Officeworks store near you. It's free, and you won't need a TerraCycle account or shipping label.
How it works
We’ve made getting started with the Writing Instruments Free Recycling Program easy! Simply drop your used writing instruments to your closest participating public drop-off point or Officeworks store, and we’ll recycle them.
If you can’t find an Officeworks store near you please contact us so we can help you find a way to recycle your writing instruments.
Get Started
Participating in this program is easy and FREE! See answers to frequently-asked questions here.
All brands of used writing instruments.
The program does not accept:
- Glue sticks
- Erasers
- Rulers
- Pencils
- Crayons
- Sharp objects
Outer cardboard packaging can be recycled with your local council, so please don’t include this in your shipment to TerraCycle.
No, you do not need to clean the packaging before dropping it off for recycling, but please remove as much of the remaining product as possible before shipping.
We encourage you to ship when your box weighs at least 7kg to minimise the footprint of this program and ensure you earn TerraCycle points.
Bic sponsors this national recycling program making it free for you to participate.
Discover Our Recycling Process
Once collected, the used writing instruments are cleaned and separated by material type. The fibres and plastics 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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LEARN MORE ABOUT BIC®
Did you know that with a BIC® Cristal® pen that only weighs 5.8g, you could write for 3km? Along with several other BIC® writing and colouring instruments the BIC® Cristal® pen received the NF Environment Mark (NF 400) which rewards the best products in terms of quality and environmental impact.