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Recycle at Boots 4+
Upload, Recycle, Reward!
Metrisk
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
iPhone Screenshots
Description
Welcome to the Recycle at Boots App!
About
The Recycle at Boots Scheme is operated by Boots UK Limited (“Boots”) and Boots Retail (Ireland) Limited (“Boots ROI “) using Scan2Recycle technology.
It is aimed exclusively at recycling hard-to-recycle beauty, health, and wellness product packaging for example, products that are too small (such as travel minis), made of composite materials (eyeshadow palettes, lipsticks, floss dispensers), or unrecyclable materials (toothbrushes, toothpaste tubes) and blister packs which cannot typically be recycled through household kerbside collections.
We do not accept widely recyclable card and paper packaging, glass jars, aluminium packaging, shampoo and conditioner bottles, shower gel plastic bottles etc. because they can be recycled via household waste recycling channels, please check your local council for details on how to recycle these items.
The Scheme rewards Boots Advantage Card members with Advantage Card points when they spend £10 or more for recycling a minimum number of qualifying Items.
How does the Scheme work?
To participate in the scheme, you will need to sign up for a Boots Scan2Recycle account
Once the account is created, follow these steps:
Upload images of eligible Recyclables into your account - for a full list of eligible recyclables see the accounts page – ‘Recyclable Types’.
Go to 'Recyclables'
Select 'Add Recyclables' and take a picture of the product (pictures must be of the whole product with the brand and product name shown - do not upload pictures of the barcode)
Use the drop-down select to label your items with the brand, product, and packaging type
Images are reviewed and verified within 24 hours Monday - Friday, excluding UK public holidays.
Once these are verified you will see them in your approved section in 'Recyclables', they are ready to deposit.
To deposit the items:
Step 1 - Visit a participating store
Step 2 - Scan the QR code on the applicable scheme recycling points in a participating store
Step 3 - Select at least 5 items to deposit in one go
Step 4 - Confirm the deposit by selecting deposit on the screen
Step 5 - Deposit items
The deposit will be verified, and if successful you will receive the reward voucher in your account.
If you don't see the reward voucher immediately, try refreshing the page and check the 'deposits' section in your account.
If the deposit wasn't approved, check your email including junk/spam folders for an email from us, stating why.
What happens to the products that are recycled?
All packaging that is deposited goes to our recycling partner, MYgroup, who are based in the UK to be recycled, reused, or reformed into new products.
Materials received are made into other products, such as street furniture or shop fittings. They also go into material called 'MYboard'. Originally designed as a replacement for wooden plyboards to help reduce the demand and overuse of forestry products, this versatile material is now used in a huge array of products by many joiners, shop fitters, building merchants, and general home use.
MYgroup offers full traceability - a key element in protecting our seas and environment from plastic waste. We guarantee that nothing will end up in landfill or incineration.
The Story so far
Since the launch of Recycle at Boots back in 2020, the scheme has recovered over 145 tonnes of hard-to-recycle plastic, that’s more plastic than a house, or 30 Elephants, and issued over 520 thousand rewards to its users.
We have saved 2.9 million products from landfill and incineration. Our technology provides full traceability and reporting of items received, meaning every item is accounted for from the moment of deposit to re-manufacture.
Get recycling today and get rewarded for your efforts!
2017 Metrisk Ltd
What’s New
Version 2.6.7
Bug fix
Ratings and Reviews
Opt in bug
Didn’t know where to report a bug so thought I’d do it here.
When opting in, under schemes in settings it doesn’t save my answer. When I created my account I originally opted in for beauty but I now want to opt in to the blister packs scheme but it doesn’t seem to save my opt in.
Great app
Great app, love the idea of being able to recycle and get rewards for it. I am only given 4 stars, for 2 reasons.
First reason is when you make a deposit and get your reward, you MUST use it within 3 days of your deposit, if not you lose it. I think we should be given more time as someone may not need to buy anything at that point in time and to me it’s forcing people to buy. I say give the people at lease 3 months, then if they don’t use it, lose it.
2nd reason is blister packs. This is not yet a UK wide yet and for someone who is on life long medication, it’s a good idea for blister packs, I need this to be UK wide asap, so I can also deposit my blister packs.
Unnecessarily complicated!
In theory this recycling scheme makes sense. In practice it puts so much friction in the way, you might as well not bother. My first time trying to use the scheme & I’m amazed by how many steps it takes. The recycling point in store was so hard to find. I took my empty tubs to the store thinking I could recycle them there and then, and spend the voucher. Little did I realise the tubs have to be verified in advanced, which only happens Monday to Friday. You need to wait for them to verified then wait for a voucher! A store assistant tried to explain how it works and apologized saying they haven’t had training on it. I have submitted my photos now & will be waiting to see if they are accepted. For such a major retailer this recycling scheme is unnecessarily complicated. Boots you need to do better!
App Privacy
The developer, Metrisk, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Sensitive Info
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Metrisk Limited
- Size
- 65.1 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.4 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Metrisk Ltd
- Price
- Free