Meric College Green Tip #4: Accepting Terracycle donations

Call out to the Merici Community...

Our Terracycle collection is now ready to take your donations in the entry to Student Services.

For oral care products:

Please only toothpaste tubes and caps, manual toothbrushes, electric toothbrush heads, and floss containers.

Not accepted are electronic toothbrush handles and bases. Terracycle offers a separate programme for these items if you are keen to follow up. 

​For beauty product packages:

Please only items that cannot be collected in your kerbside recycling:

  • Hair gel tubes and caps
  • Hair spray bottles and triggers
  • Lip balm tubes
  • Face soap dispensers and tubes
  • Shaving foam tubes (no cans)
  • Lip gloss tubes
  • Mascara tubes
  • Eye liner pencils and cases
  • Eye Shadow tubes
  • Concealer tubes and sticks

Not accepted are aerosol cans, perfume bottles, nail polish bottles, and nail polish remover bottles, electronic items such as blow dryers and straighteners, any bio-medical or bio-hazardous waste or any contents of packaging such as nail-polish, lotion, soap or ointments.

For lids:

This one is straightforward, any plastic of metal bottle cap or lid.

Put your separated donations in these bins at student services:

Thanks for your participation!

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