Bottle Caps

WHAT TYPES OF CAPS DO WE COLLECT?

The majority of caps do not get recycled today. Working with the “Recycle Caps with Aveda” program, we can accept caps that are rigid “polypropylene” plastic, sometimes noted with a no. 5 in the chasing arrows recycling symbol. This includes caps that twist on with a threaded neck such as caps on:

• Shampoo/water/soda/milk and other beverage bottles
• Flip top caps on tubes and food product bottles (such as ketchup and mayo)
• Laundry detergents and some jar lids such as peanut butter

Excluded from the collection are pharmaceutical lids and non-rigid lids such as yogurt lids, tub lids (margarine, cottage cheese) and screw on lids that are not rigid.

IF YOU CAN BEND OR BREAK THE LID WITH YOUR BARE HANDS, THEN IT DOES NOT MEET THE RIGID PLASTIC DEFINTION. PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ANY METAL LIDS OR PLASTIC PUMPS OR SPRAYERS. UNFORTUNATLEY, TOO MUCH OF THE WRONG TYPES OF MATERIALS CAN CONTAMINATE THE RECYCLING PROCESS.

As you clean up and recycle, separate your plastic caps and bring them to ALO or a participating school. AND feel great knowing that they will be repurposed into new Aveda packaging and kept from entering our waterways and harming marine life.

ABOUT AVEDA
Aveda™, The Art and Science of Pure Flower and Plant Essences™, was founded in 1978 with the goal of providing beauty industry professionals with high performance, botanically based products that would be better for service providers and their guests, as well as for the planet. Aveda manufactures professional plant-based hair care, skin care, makeup, Pure-Fume™ and lifestyle products. Headquartered in Blaine, Minnesota, Aveda is available in Aveda stores, and in nearly 7,000 professional hair salons and spas in 24 countries worldwide. www.aveda.com

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