#GoGreenWithFEJoin Us In Recycling Your FE Empties & Get Rewarded
Bring any 5 empty PET jars or bottles to our stores and get any one 50 ml product of your choice* from our travel collection, complimentary!
*T&C Apply.
This reward programme is valid only on retail sized products, not samples or 50 ml and below sized products. It is only valid on primary packaging, that is the actual container that encases the product and not secondary packaging such as the outer cartons of your product.
For more information speak to our in store representatives.
How it works?
Head to your nearest Forest Essentials store. Drop off 5 FE PET Empties in the designated bin. Our store representative will help you select the complimentary 50 ml product of your choice*.
*Please note – This choice includes Hair Cleanser (50ml), Hair Conditioner (50ml), Shower Gel (50ml), Body Lotion/Milk (50ml), Body Massage Oils (50ml), Delicate Facial Cleansers (50ml), and Facial Tonic Mists (50ml). This does not include the Soundarya collection of travel size products.
What empties can customers drop off?
All primary packaging that is the material that actually encases the product, which falls within the following criteria:
Packaging Before Changeover on August 29th, 2020
In the earlier packaging, we will accept the 100ml and 200ml PET bottles. We will not accept the 50 gms or smaller jars, we encourage our customers to upcycle and reuse these jars as much as possible.
We will accept the earlier packaging up until December 31st, 2020.
New Packaging Launched on Aug 29, 2020
In the new packaging, we will accept the 70g, 75g, 80g, 85g, 300g, 200g PET jars, the 130 ml and 200 ml PET bottles.
What empties will not be accepted?
We encourage customers to reuse and recycle the following packaging at home as much as possible.
- Glass bottles and jars of all sizes
- Sample containers
- 25g, 30 g & 50 g Jars (earlier packaging)
- Gentlemen’s Collection Shaving Cream tube
- 50ml PET bottles – Travel Collection
- Dusting Powders
- Body Polishers (earlier packaging)
- Empty gift boxes
- Spa and Sports Collection Pouches
- FE Carry Bags – Paper & Cloth
- Outer cartons (secondary packaging)
- Shredded paper or air filled pouches of online orders
- Outer paper packaging of online orders
- Non Forest Essentials empties
- Lip Collection, Sheet Masks, Wax Tablets, Solid Perfumes, Tranquil Sleep Gel
What Happens To The Waste?
Once collected, we sort and segregate your recycled empties to transport to a recycling facility. Our recycling partners will then effectively re-purpose the recyclable plastic so that it can be processed into many secondary applications such as new fibres, bottles and containers, carpet and clothing, industrial strapping, rope, upholstery fabrics, boat sails, automotive parts, fibrefill for winter jackets and sleeping bags, construction materials, and many other items.
Other Terms & Conditions:
- This recycling programme is only available at Forest Essentials stores, currently we are not accepting mail backs for online orders. However, you may drop by to any participating store to drop off your online bought empty.
- All 5 empties need to be brought to the store at the same time, we will not be tracking deposits of single empties.
