TerraCycle UK runs brand-sponsored free programmes (beauty empties, snack packaging, pens) with community drop-off points shown on a map, and sells Zero Waste Boxes for other streams. The company warns that drop-off listings are user-generated and may be out of date.
Honest caveats: the 2021 US settlement over 'recyclable' claims, a documentary alleging UK-collected material went to a Bulgarian incinerator, and the tendency of brand-funded programmes to end without notice. Use it for stranded items, not as a licence to buy more.
In the US the equivalent is terracycle.com/en-US/brigades with Zero Waste Boxes at roughly USD 86 to 199.
How to start: terracycle.com/en-GB/