Close to 20 billion sanitary tampon applicators are dumped into North American landfills every year.

 

The Impact 

The environmental impact of tampon applicators has become an epidemic all over the world. Millions of these items are washing up on shorelines and being found in Aquatic Life. They are also attaching themselves to coral reefs helping destroy these very valuable and very delicate natural phenomenon. Up until now there has been no real recycling programs for these items. The Eco Guys have developed a sanitary recycling program for these Plastics. Unfortunately due to the sanitary concerns of these products they are not accepted any curbside recycling or Community Recycling programs. The Eco guys has developed a program where you can collect these used applicators and through a mailing process send them in to be processed and recycled. 

 

 

 

 

How It Works:

Basically through our website you can order a postage paid plastic lined box to place the used, applicators in. Once the box is filled, seal the Box and put it in the U.S. Mail. Unfortunately due to the cost of recycling these items the person's recycling the item is responsible for a small fee to cover postage for this program. Once you order the self address stamped collection box, we will send it to you within a few days.  (please see information at order form) 

The Eco Guys makes no profit off of the recycling of these applicators. The fee for each box basically cover the expenses here in generated by the recycling of these items. We appreciate the fact that you care about the environment in the environmental impact these applicators are causing on our Earth. We hope that through public awareness and changes in the way people and governments view this problem that costs baby covered in the future. 

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How We Recycle The Applicators: 

The process of recycling these applicators are relatively simple. Once you fill your collection box, seal it, mail it in. When we receive it at our processing facility the collection boxes are opened,  and emptied into a washing system. These applicators are never touched by human hands during this process, it is performed with extreme care and the up most sanitary conditions. The washing process which is a proprietary method completely sanitizes the plastic applicators. After drying the applicators are 100% sanitary and ready to be recycled. 

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This is a method that is way overdue, we appreciate everyone who participates in this program. We would like to see all 20 billion applicators produced in the US in one year recycled.