Green Initiatives

Used cellular phones can be returned to: 

1. Bell
2. Best Buy
3. Koodo Mobile
4. London Drugs

for recycling.

L'Occitane en Provence - bring in empty containers from any beauty brand and receive 10% off your regular-priced purchase.*

London Drugs - makeup empties from any brand can be recycled in-store in the Beauty Department.*

LUSH - return 5 clean black or clear pots for a free Fresh Face Mask, or receive $1 off their purchase for every clean pot they bring back.*

MAC Cosmetics - return your empty, clean containers in store for recycling.*

Sephora - Clean it out: At home, make sure your packaging is clean, unbagged, and free of liquid or product. Then drop it off: Visit Sephora and drop your empties in dedicated collection bins.*

*All programs listed above are subject to change. Conditions and restrictions may apply, see store for details.

Apple - used Apple products can be brought into Apple for recycling or trade-ins. More information here.

Best Buy

The following items can be brought to Best Buy for recycling:

• Monitors
• Desktop computers
• Laptops
• Printing devices
• Tablets
• Stereo equipment
• TV & home theatre equipment
• Portable audio & video devices
• CPU & home theatre controllers
• Batteries

Bring your items to Customer Service so they can help you recycle.

Kerrisdale Cameras

The following items can be returned for recycling: 

• Cameras
• Camera batteries
• Camcorders
• Lenses for Cameras

London Drugs

If purchased at London Drugs, the following items can be returned for recycling:

• Computers, laptops, modems, and routers
• TVs, DVD and VCR players
• Cell phones, tablets, and chargers
• Stereos and headphones
• Cameras

Click here for more information about London Drug's recycling program. 

Used eyewear can be brought in to:

1. In Look Optical
2. LensCrafters
3. Pearle Vision
4. Specsavers
5. Bailey Nelson

who donate them to those in need.

Aldo

Give Back Box: Give your old pairs a new life by using your ALDO shoebox (or any box) to pack up used goods for donation.

1. Fill your giving box with donation items (anything from shoes, to clothing, accessories and more are accepted).
2. Download and print your free Give Back Box shipping label.
3. Adhere the label to the box and it’s ready to ship.

More information here

Call It Spring

GiveBack Box: Pack your Call It Spring box with your pre-loved goods. Shipping is free and easy. 

1. Fill your giving box with donation items, anything from shoes, to accessories, clothes and more are accepted.
2. Download and print your free Give Back Box shipping label.
3. Stick the label to the box and it’s ready to ship. 

For more information on this program, click here

H&M 

Bring your unwanted clothes or textiles, by any brand and in any condition, to one of their stores to the cash register. In exchange, you'll receive a thank you voucher to use toward your next purchase. Everything collected is sent to H&M's sustainability partner I:CO who will then sorts it into three categories: 

1. Re-wear: clothing that can be worn again is sold as second-hand clothing
2. Re-use: clothing and textiles that isn't fit to be worn again but still has some life left is turned into new things like cleaning cloths
3. Re-cycle: everything else is turned into textile fibers and re-used for things like insulation.

All of the proceeds that H&M receives from this program are donated to a local charity (H&M Canada has partnered with UNICEF locally). Click here to see how much has been donated so far.

What can you bring in?

• Any clothing including jackets, socks, undergarments in any material (leather, suede...) in any condition (gently-used to falling apart)
• Any home textiles including bedding, towels, kitchen rags, quilts in any condition (gently-used to falling apart)

What can't you bring in?

• Shoes
• Stuffed animals
• Pillows
• Purses or bags

Visit H&M's Sustainability Page for more information on their textile recycling program.

La Vie en Rose

Bring in your old bras from any brand and they will be donated to a partner organization where they will be repurposed. The bras that cannot be reused are taken apart and the recyclable materials are retrieved. 

More information here

QE Home

Bring your used bedding to QE Home for recycling, and in return, you will receive a coupon to use on a future purchase.

Visit QE Home's ReHome Textile Recycling page for more information.

RW&CO.

To promote circular sustainability in the fashion industry, RW&CO. has partnered with Give Back Box to donate your gently used items to an organization in need.

To participate, you can:

• Drop off your donation in-store & get $10 off your purchase.

For more details, visit RW&CO. online

UNIQLO

Used UNIQLO clothing can be returned in store for recycling. More information here.

Best Buy

Batteries - alkaline, lithium-ion, rechargeable, and cell phone batteries under 5 pounds.

Kerrisdale Cameras

• Camera and Camcorder batteries

London Drugs

If purchased from London Drugs, the following items can be recycled in store:

• Light bulbs - incandescent, CFLs and LEDs
• Batteries - Alkaline, button and rechargeable

Click here for more information about London Drug's recycling program. 

If purchased at London Drugs, the following items can be recycled in store:

• Coffee makers
• Kettles
• Blenders 
• Microwaves
• Hairdryers
• Irons
• Vacuum cleaners and more...virtually any small appliance with a cord

Click here for more information about London Drug's recycling program.

Alive Health Centre

• Bottle Recycling- With any purchase of vitamin bottle receive one dollar off any product over ten dollars and fifty cents off for any vitamin bottle under ten dollars equal to each bottle purchased.

London Drugs

The following items can be brought to London Drugs for recycling:

• Soft plastic bags
• Hard plastic packaging
• Styrofoam (including clean meat trays)
• Plastic overwrap and food containers

Click here for more information about London Drug's recycling program.