Recycle at Boots
What is the Boots Recycling Scheme?
At Boots, we’re doing our bit to help keep our planet beautiful. That’s why we created our Recycle at Boots scheme where you can bring your empty beauty, health, wellness and dental products, from any brand, that can’t be recycled at home.
We know lots of beauty, health, wellness and dental items can’t be recycled traditionally due to their size, what materials they’re made from and various other factors. We want to play our part in looking after the planet by making it easier for Boots customers to recycle items that might be difficult to recycle elsewhere. And we want to reward you for playing your part and making recycling part of your regime too.
How to recycle at Boots
Ready to recycle? Simply download our Recycle at Boots app and sign up to start recycling and earning your rewards!
What can I bring back to the Recycle at Boots scheme?
The Recycle at Boots scheme will take care of the empties that you can't recycle at home. Come into store and recycle your product empties!
You may be able to recycle some of your bathroom empties in your own kerbside recycling at home such as empty aerosols, glass jars and full-size shampoo bottles - always check your local area first. The Boots scheme will only accept items that can't be recycled at home and the Recycle at Boots app will help by validating your items or at advising if they are not eligible for a reward within 24h of logging.
There are a variety of different types of plastics you can recycle at home such as Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) which is the material found in water bottles and plastic toys, High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) which is found in milk cartons and shampoo bottles and Polypropylene (PP) found in margarine tubs and ready meal trays.
Only items listed in the drop-down list in the Scan2Recycle system will be eligible for a reward, except for those explicitly excluded which will show a warning on the packaging. You can visit the My Waste website to find out which products are easily recycled at home.
What can I recycle by myself at home?
- Hair and body wash, shampoo and conditioner.
- Shampoo & conditioner soap, shampoo bars, shave soap.
- Empty full-size body wash, shampoos, conditioner bottles, empty glass jars or cupboard packaging.
What can I recycle with Boots?
- Products made of composite mixed materials, such as metal and plastics.
- Products made of non-recyclable materials like toothpaste tubes and lotion pumps.
- Small cosmetics, such as travel minis, samples and mascaras.
- For the full list of items accepted on the scheme, please visit Recyclable Types | Recycle at Boots
Where to find the Recycle at Boots scheme
Have you registered your products on the app? Now you’re ready to take part in our recycling scheme. It’s as simple as 1,2,3 - just simply visit your nearest store, drop off your empties & earn points!
How does it work?
Step 1
Finish your products
Wash and clean your products as much as possible to remove residue before you recycle
Step 2
Download the Recycle at Boots app
Register online with Recycle at Boots
Step 3
Scan your products
Log your empties in the app and allow up to 24h for validation
Step 4
Deposit your empties
When you're ready to shop, bring your approved empties into a Boots store and scan the QR on the deposit box
Step 5
Receive your reward
Recycle 5 empties or more, and spend €10 in-store to collect 500 Advantage Card Points*. Your reward is valid in-store for 3 days
Step 6
Recycling starts
Packaging then gets recycled into new items such as playground equipment, garden furniture and more
What happens when I recycle my products?
Once you’ve dropped your empties into the bins in store, they’ll be taken to MyGroup where the materials will be washed and sorted to be recycled where possible via traditional routes. For example, aluminium is infinitely recyclable and other remaining materials will be processed by MyBoard.
Myboard is a construction board material that uses all the mixed material items that cannot be recycled by any other methods, it is similar to plywood and has lots of different uses.
Any remaining multi-material items will be recycled into Stormboard, a composite construction board material, similar to plywood, which has a lot of different uses.
Organics will be processed through an industrial organics processor. Nothing goes to landfill and nothing is incinerated.
For full terms and conditions, go to: Terms & Conditions | Scan2Recycle
For frequently asked questions, go to: FAQs | Scan2Recycle
