A Zero Waste Box™ is a complete and convenient solution which includes the storage, shipping and recycling of a particular type of waste that isn’t currently recycled through local councils or traditional recycling facilities.
- Reduce the amount of waste that you send to landfill or incinerate
- Recycle the non recyclable and reduce your carbon footprint
- Improving your organisation's sustainability can boost your corporate image and improve employee engagement and satisfaction
Use this Zero Waste Box to recycle: Disposable protective face masks such as dust masks, FFP2 (or so-called 'N95'), FFP3 and surgical masks (as long as they don't come from a medical environment); face shields and visors; disposable vinyl, nitrile, and latex gloves.
How it works:
• Order - select a Zero Waste Box™ based on what and how much you would like to recycle
• Collect - fill your box with the accepted waste and seal the box with adhesive tape
• Ship - using the pre-paid UPS shipping label affixed to the back of your box, send your filled box to TerraCycle® for recycling. UPS requires a minimum of 24 hours’ notice and does pick-ups Monday to Friday between 9 am and 5 pm. Pick-ups can be arranged online at ups.com/gb or by telephone on 03457 877 877. All shipments are carbon-neutral, meaning that carbon emissions released during transport will be offset
• Reorder - continue to recycle and reorder a new Zero Waste Box™. Your collected waste will find a second life as recycled materials, reducing the need to extract virgin materials and depleting resources
• Do not send in: Medical waste (this includes material contaminated with blood, bodily fluids, and waste which should be collected in a hazardous clinical waste bin); autoclaved material; gloves that are contaminated with materials considered hazardous or dangerous; fabric, homemade or paper masks or other types of protective garments; hairnets, earplugs, and lab coats or garments; hazardous waste (sharp, flammable, reactive, corrosive, ignitable, toxic, infectious, or pathogenic) or material contaminated with blood which presents a danger to the environment or people
Everything collected through the Zero Waste Box™ system is sorted and processed into raw materials that can be reused instead of being sent to landfill.
Cardboard boxes are made from 84% recycled material. Box container and liner are 100% recyclable.
Certifications: TerraCycle® will not landfill or incinerate any of the waste we receive. An annual waste transfer note is required for waste originating from a commercial activity in the UK. Check our guide in documentation on how to fill in your TerraCycle® waste transfer note.
Caution: Do not send in any item that has come in contact with substances classified as hazardous waste e.g., sharp, flammable, reactive, acidic, poisonous, corrosive, ignitable, toxic, infectious or pathogenic or material contaminated with blood which presents a danger to the environment, or to people.
Do not send in medical waste. This includes material contaminated with blood, bodily fluids and waste which should be collected in a hazardous clinical waste bin.
