Collect with small Zero Waste Bags
Recycle oral care packaging by using our small Zero Waste Bag. Make sure to check off the “Oral care packaging” checkbox on the front of the Zero Waste Bag. When the Zero Waste Bag is full, seal it, then scan the QR code or log in to your account to schedule a pickup. Place the Zero Waste Bag on your doorstep, and we’ll pick it up at the scheduled time.
Buy small Zero Waste BagsHow we recycle
When we receive your bag, we check it in and sort out anything that isn't accepted waste.
The oral care packaging is then shredded, separated by material type (typically plastics and metals) and processed.
The recycled plastics and metals are used to make new products, including items that will benefit your local community.
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Each Zero Waste Bag is opened upon receipt and visually inspected for any non-compliant materials, then consolidated for processing in bulk.
The materials are size-reduced through shredding.
Metals are removed through magnetized and electrostatic sortation. Sorted metals are then smelted and formed for use in secondary metals manufacturing. Plastics are cleaned in temperature-regulated water baths with agitation and surfactants to remove residual product or other contaminants.
The clean plastics are then sorted by density profile and composition through multi-stage air, optical, and water-based mechanical sortation systems. Clean, sorted plastics are mixed with other plastics to make recycled plastic blends that are then used by various manufacturers to make new products.