What makes something municipally recyclable typically depends on whether your local recycling company can make a profit recycling it. (They compare the costs of collecting and processing the waste to the value of what the recycled material can be sold for.) TerraCycle can recycle “unrecyclables” like juice pouches, cigarette butts, and beauty products because we’ve developed innovative models in which brands, retailers, and other stakeholders fund the cost of recycling. Learn how to recycle the unrecyclable with us.
Our in-house scientists and material application specialists make up our research and development (R&D) team. They analyze materials and determine how to recycle them by creating processes for breaking down trash and recycling those materials for use in new applications.
We now offer curbside pickup, in partnership with leading waste management companies, of the hard-to-recycle items your local recycling service doesn’t accept. Recycle plastic packaging, coffee capsules, shoes, Styrofoam™, and more from your doorstep.
Learn about TerraCycle Zero Waste BagTerraCyclers all around the globe have started drop-off locations where people can drop off their trash to be recycled through TerraCycle.
Find a public drop-off pointIn the UK, TerraCyclers can drop off their full Zero Waste Bags at one of InPost’s 5,000+ lockers that are open 24/7.
Learn about Zero Waste Bag UKWe partner with brands so you can mail in their product or packaging for recycling—completely free.
Browse free recycling programsYou can recycle almost any type of trash, from coffee capsules to complex beauty waste, with our Zero Waste Boxes. The price reflects production, shipping, and the actual cost of recycling the box and its contents. Our shipping meets carbon-neutral standards, and Zero Waste Boxes are made using Sustainable Forestry Initiative-certified paper.
Shop Zero Waste BoxesMany brands have partnered with us to offer recycling at store locations. Click on the titles below to see examples.
We also help companies make their products and packaging from trash. We develop and manage custom supply chains that help companies create direct closed-loop products (e.g., a shampoo sachet recycled into a new sachet), indirect closed-loop products (like sponges recycled into store shelves), and even storied materials—new products made from ocean plastic, or waste from the top of Mt. Everest. We also make our own line of products from trash recycled with our TerraCyclers: TerraCycle Made.
Shop TerraCycle MadeToday, 85% of all single-use packaging ends up in landfills, incinerated, or littered. How do we maintain the convenience and affordability of single-use without the waste?
Loop is a global platform that makes reuse convenient and accessible. Together with brands, retailers, and manufacturers, Loop enables reusable and returnable versions of conventional single-use products.
Learn more about reuse