Our Company : Environmental Practices
Help reduce the landfill with Tom’s of Maine®.
For the 2nd year, we have partnered with Preserve's® Gimme 5 recycling program along with companies like Stonyfield Farms®, Brita® and Seventh Generation® to help collect and recycle over 100,000 lbs by the end of this year.
Products made of #5 plastic are sold widely, but rarely accepted at recycling centers. Preserve® Gimme 5 helps keep thousands of pounds of plastic out of the landfills and in use, including Tom's of Maine deodorant. You can help today by taking your old Tom's of Maine deodorant containers and other #5 plastics to the Gimme 5 station in your area!
Here’s how you can get involved:
- COLLECT as much plastic that is stamped #5 as you can (at home, your school, your workplace, community center or church).
Unfortunately, we don't have extra recycling bins that we can send you but you can click here to print out signs to attach to homemade bins (you might use large cardboard boxes or reuse an old trash can, for example). - DROP your #5s at a Preserve® Gimme 5 bin (available in select Whole Foods® Market stores). Click here for a list of locations.
- MAIL your packaging directly to Preserve®
Preserve® Gimme 5 accepts the following for recycling:
- Clean plastic with a #5 stamp in it
- All Tom's of Maine deodorant packaging
- Preserve® products
- Brita® pitcher water filters. Click here to learn how to recycle your Brita® filter
- Stonyfield Farm® yogurt cups (6oz. & quart size)
Recycling Reward
Visit www.preserveproducts.com to find out more about the complete family of Preserve® products and the Preserve® Gimme 5 Program. As a Tom’s of Maine consumer, you can also take advantage of a special 15% discount on Preserve® products when you buy them online at www.preserveproducts.com. Simply enter the code "Toms" at checkout.
Why Preserve® Gimme 5?
By dropping Tom's #5 plastic deodorant containers in the Gimme 5 bins at participating locations, you're helping to save thousands of
pounds of #5 plastic from landfills, and are helping to make brand new Preserve® products that represent real change, reducing the
environmental footprint of this material, and giving it a second life as a new and useful product.
What is #5 plastic and how do I know what is accepted in the Gimme 5 bin?
The #5 plastic, formally called polypropylene, is a strong, lightweight, food-grade, and easy-to-recycle plastic. It is
commonly found in everything from yogurt and other dairy containers to hummus containers and medicine bottles. Most items that
have a #5 stamp on them (check for this on the bottom of a container) are accepted through Preserve® Gimme 5.
Find answers to even more questions now.
Gimme 5 Program Partners:
Tom's of Maine is a supporting partner of the Preserve® Gimme 5 program.
Our boxes travel round trip
Bill Hetzel talks about the impact re-using boxes has had both at Tom’s of Maine and at our vendors.Watch
Rules to live by
Our Stewardship Model is a practical tool for judging what does and does not belong in our products and guides our decision-making as we formulate our products.Learn more
Recycling our products
We strive to maximize recycled content and recyclability of our packaging! Even better, in an effort to be transparent, we have created a list that sets out what we use to make our packages and how they can be recycled.Learn more