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Colgate Oral Care Free Recycling Program
All brands accepted
The Colgate Oral Care Free Recycling Program is currently on pause. Please email customercare@terracycle.com.au if you would like to join the public drop-off point waitlist. The program should resume on 15 January, 2025.
Mouthwash bottles & caps
Toothpaste tubes and caps
Electric toothbrush heads
Floss containers
Manual toothbrushes
Manual toothbrushes
Floss containers
Electric toothbrush heads
Toothpaste tubes and caps
Interdentals & Floss picks
Interdentals & Floss picks
Packaging
Mouthwash bottles & caps
Drop off your recycling at a location near you
Bring your recycling to a participating public drop-off point near you. It's free, and you won't need a TerraCycle account or shipping label.
How to become a public drop-off point
We’ve made getting started with the Colgate Oral Care Free Recycling Program easy! Join the program as a public drop-off point to download a free shipping label (or encourage a dental clinic to join the program as a public drop-off point).
Get Started
Participating in this program is easy and FREE! See answers to frequently-asked questions here.
This program accepts any brand of used or empty toothpaste tubes and caps, manual toothbrushes, electric toothbrush heads, toothbrush and toothpaste tube plastic packaging, floss containers and interdental brushes.
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 or dropping it off at a public drop-off point. Australia Post and public drop-off points will not accept dripping items, so please make sure your items are dry.
We encourage you to ship when your box is 7kg to minimise the footprint of this program. Australia Post will not accept dripping packages, so please make sure your items are dry.
Colgate sponsors this national recycling program making it free for you to participate.
You choose which TerraCycle free recycling programs your public drop-off point will participate in. Collectors can drop off only the rubbish accepted in those TerraCycle programs.
Colgate sponsors this national recycling program making it free for you to participate.
Public spaces that have good traffic flow and are easily accessible are excellent public drop-off points. Stores, community centers, places of worship, and libraries are great options.
It’s quite simple to set up and manage a public drop-off point, and you can recruit a group of friends to help!
Set Up:
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Choose a location and receive permission if needed.
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Update a new or existing TerraCycle account profile with details about your public drop-off point.
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Request to join the programs you would like to participate in.
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Once you’ve been approved for the programs you requested, set up your public drop-off point location.
Manage:
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Oversee the location (check it is being used properly, that rubbish is being shipped when collection boxes are filled).
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When boxes are filled, seal them, download and affix the prepaid labels, and drop off the boxes at an Australia Post.
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Continue to join programs of your choosing.
Promote: Spread awareness about your drop-off point (as you see fit) to encourage participation.
Discover Our Recycling Process
Once collected, the oral care is 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 Colgate®
TerraCycle is excited to partner with Colgate® to bring a national recycling solution for oral care products to Australia. To learn more about Colgate®, click here.