How to Recycle Your Used Multiblade Razors - Safety Razor users don’t need this as they dispose of clean metal blades

While the exact impact of disposable razors isn’t known, an EPA statistic back from the 90s estimated that Americans throw away some 2 billion razors each year. And think about how that number has probably changed dramatically, given that so many gym and spas now stock locker rooms with a near limitless supply of disposable razors (not to mention the rise of buzzy, low-cost brands like Harry’s and Dollar Shave Club, which promote re-usable razors with disposable blades).

Gillette announced it’s partnering with TerraCycle, an online recycling program, to collect razors and blades of all kinds and brands. What types, exactly? Think of any plastic disposable type, as well as any replaceable-blade cartridges.

TerraCycle actually operates in 20 countries but it is unclear whether this is a US-only initiative. Normally multiblade razors are a problem to dispose of due to the mixed materials used. For safety razor users one cheap metal piggy bank tin will collect a few thousand used blades which can be taken to a metal scrap dealer to recycle.

See lifehacker.com/how-to-recycle-…

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