PetSmart Launches In-Store Recycling Program with TerraCycle®

As part of its efforts to expand consumer access to sustainable products and programs, PetSmart is partnering with TerraCycle®, the international leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials, to launch an in-store recycling program for all brands of empty pet food, treat and cat litter bags made from flexible plastic. The PetSmart Pet Food & Treat Bags Free Recycling Program is now in 100 PetSmart stores across Arizona and New Jersey. The recycling initiative makes it easier for pet parents to embrace sustainable practices, keeping common waste packaging out of the landfill.

“We hear pet parents express their desire to reduce their pet’s impact on the planet,” said Joanne Dwyer, vice president of corporate social responsibility and corporate communications at PetSmart. “Through our partnership with TerraCycle, we are making it easier for pet parents to take small sustainable actions. Focused on recycling those products pet parents buy over and over again, we believe these small actions will add up to make a big impact.”