Getting started with TerraCycle
Ready to recycle the hard-to-recycle, from beauty waste to coffee pods to contact lenses? Then you’ve come to the right place! Whether you’re recycling for your household, community, school, or business, TerraCycle has resources to help you get started. Read on to learn how you can make a difference by recycling your hard-to-recycle trash with TerraCycle.
How to start recycling with TerraCycle
- Free recycling programs
- Find out what you can recycle for free with TerraCycle. Explore free recycling programs →
- Joined a free recycling program? Learn more about how TerraCycle works →
- Paid solutions
- Looking to #RecycleEverything? Click here for our paid recycling solutions →
Why recycle with TerraCycle?
We always advocate for buying less and reusing what you can first. For everything else, there’s recycling! Through a life cycle assessment (LCA) of our flex plastic recycling process, TerraCycle’s solutions were found to be, on average, 45% better for the planet than landfills and incinerators.
Learn how recycling with TerraCycle reduces your carbon footprint →
Recycling, guaranteed
At TerraCycle, we’re on a mission to eliminate the idea of waste by creating first-of-their-kind solutions in recycling, recycled content, and reuse. We guarantee to recycle all the accepted waste that is sent to us.
Discover our recycling process
How does TerraCycle work? Our specialized recycling processes allow us to recycle your hard-to-recycle trash into new products like plastic storage bins, shipping pallets, outdoor furniture, and more!
TerraCycle’s positive impact
TerraCycle has a long history of innovation—after all, we have been Eliminating the Idea of Waste® for over 20 years.
Recycle with your community
Looking to help your community members recycle more? Any individual or group can recycle with TerraCycle on behalf of their community. Many environmental nonprofits, local businesses, Girl and Boy Scout troops, 4-H groups, and more recycle with us.
Recycle with your school
Did you know you can fundraise for your school for free just by recycling with TerraCycle? When you recycle with us, you earn TerraCycle Recycling Rewards points for each shipment of hard-to-recycle trash you send in. These TerraCycle points can then be redeemed as a cash donation to your school!
Questions?
Visit the TerraCycle Help Center or contact our Customer Care team at customercare@terracycle.com and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible.