WHO ARE THEY?

TerraCycle are an innovative recycling company that has become a global leader in hard-to-recycle waste. 

There is so much in the world that cannot be recycled, but the only reason for this is that your local council who pick up your bins from outside your house, just don't have the systems in place to do so. Everything we use can be recycled with proper systems and that is what TerraCycle work to create.

	67 million tonnes of waste was generated in Australia in 2017. Of this, just 37 tonnes were recycled, with 21.7 going straight to landfill.
	We send almost half of our packaging waste overseas (46% in 2018), but other countries have now started to refuse our waste and our government is not going to permit export of plastic, paper and glass waste after June 2022.
	It's estimated about 130,000 tonnes of Australian plastic ends up in our waterways and oceans each year.

HOW BLAEK STORE PARTNERS WITH TERRACYCLE

We are part of Terracycle's Writing Instruments Program and Oral Care Recycling Program. This means you can drop off your used pens, markers, toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes, dental floss containers, electric toothbrush heads and more in store and we will send them off to TerraCycle to be properly recycled (please note all dental hygiene products must be cleaned before drop off!). By this we don't mean put in a bin that eventually goes to landfill. TerraCycle shreds and melts these plastic products into hard plastic that can be remoulded into new, recycled products. Learn more about TerraCycle's innovative recycling process here.

TerraCycle also gives back to BLAEK Store for being a Community Collection Hub. For every 7kg of waste we send to them, we receive 2 points per piece of rubbish. Each point equals $0.20 which we then donate to a charity of our choosing - this is currently Take 3 For The Sea. 

As an extra incentive for our wonderful customers, we offer a 10% off discount, no matter how many items you recycle. You can spend as much or as little as you like but the discount is applied once only and to full-priced items only.

In simplified terms, bring in your family's 5 used toothbrushes, a couple of finished toothpaste tubes, a dental floss container and 2 dried up markers and you'll get 10% off our range of men's and women's clothing, plus be donating $2 to charity, through TerraCycle and BLAEK Store.