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Bring your recycling to a participating drop-off point near you. It's free, and you won't need a TerraCycle account or shipping label.
Please note that volunteer administrators (not TerraCycle) manage drop-off points. The administrators choose the location, hours, and accepted waste streams. Please contact the administrator if you have questions about or suggestions for a specific drop-off location.
Let us know if you find a location that is no longer active by emailing us at mapupdates@terracycle.com.
Simply request to join this program, and once you are confirmed, your location will show up on the drop-off map. Set up boxes that community members can fill with their trash to be recycled, and send full boxes to TerraCycle at no cost to you. Enrollment limits apply for private collection locations. If the program is full, please check for the closest public collection location.
Starting and managing a TerraCycle public drop-off point is easy and free! See answers to frequently-asked questions here. Can’t find the answer to your question on this page? Learn more about becoming a drop-off point.
Enrollment limits apply for private collection locations. If the program is full, please check for the closest public collection location.
It’s quite simple to set up and manage a drop-off point, and you can recruit a group of friends to help!
Set Up:
Choose a location and receive permission if needed.
Update a new or existing TerraCycle account profile with details about your drop-off location.
Request to join the programs you would like to participate in.
Once you’ve been approved for the programs you requested, set up your drop-off location.
Manage:
Oversee the location (check it is being used properly, that waste is being shipped when collection boxes are filled).
When boxes are filled, seal them, download and affix the prepaid labels, and drop off the boxes at a UPS location.
Continue to join programs of your choosing.
Promote: Spread awareness about your location (as you see fit) to encourage participation.
Allocate: As you accumulate TerraCycle recycling rewards, choose which charities will receive donations from your points.
There are no direct costs to you for running a public drop-off point. Many collectors spend nothing other than their time. You may choose to purchase specific boxes or bins for your drop-off location, but you can also just use extra boxes you have at home.
This program is private and ONLY available to eye care professionals. Please reach out to your B+L representative for information on becoming a drop-off location.
Any brand contact lenses and blister packs.
There is a locator map available on www.terracycle.com/bauschrecycles that allows you to search your area for participating eye care offices.
If you are an eye care professional, we encourage you to go to www.terracycle.com/bauschrecyclesinoffice to sign up for our recycling program. By signing up, you can download free shipping labels to send used contacts and blister packs for recycling. In addition, you will be listed as a drop off location for contact recycling – your office will be added to a locator map on www.terracycle.com/bauschrecycles which allows consumers to search their location to find an eye-care office that is collecting contacts and blister packs for recycling.
Optometry Giving Sight is a nonprofit working to prevent blindness and impaired vision for those who do not have access to eye exams and glasses/contacts. For more info, visit: http://www.givingsight.org
As a thank for your dedication to Eliminating the Idea of Waste, for every qualifying shipment of 10 pounds or more, a $1/lb donation will be made to Optometry Giving Sight.
Once collected, the contact lenses and blister packs are cleaned and separated by material type. The fibers 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.
Bausch + Lomb has embarked on a long-term journey to protect our communities and preserve the natural environment for current and future generations. To do so, they are working daily to become a more environmentally sustainable company by reducing their consumption of fuel, energy, water, and natural resources, while minimizing their generation of waste. Click here to learn more.
