This new video from friends at British sex toy retailer Lovehoney UK is really cool: it humorously shows the step-by-step process of the company’s sex toy recycling program and explains how to donate your toys. Since its launch in 2007, Lovehoney’s Rabbit Amnesty sex toy recycling program has recycled over 2 tons of sex toys. According to Lovehoney, “that’s a whopping 4475 rabbits and other items.”
At the same time they sent me the video, I see that they’ve updated their recycling program to award those who donate “Oh! Points” that can be put used as credit the purchase of anything from Lovehoney. Why don’t US sex toy retailers and manufacturers do this – and how can we get them to?
If I had a vagina, I would be creeped out by the vibrator with roving eyes.
I wondered about STI’s and the handlers. Peoples squeamishness about the topic in general is why we don’t have it yet. Would bacteria survive the splitting of plastic and metal? Seems unlikely but it looked the sorters might be wearing regular work gloves and not the disposable kind. People that recycle their sex toys also wash them beforehand, right?
And yes we need to do it here.
MyPleasure looked into it for awhile, but there were many issues – one of which was not knowing what sex toys were always made from which is a common issue sex toy consumers have. I’m sure we will revisit this in the future.
When I worked at Early to Bed we accepted sex toys for recycling and sent them out to be recycled free of charge. Around Earth Day we would often incentivize it with coupon offers. When I packed my bags for California I had a LOT of sex toys to get rid of so I gave them to E2B for recyling.
I love this! It’s like a Sesame Street piece for adults, hehe. Excellent: I know where my toys are going now.
You pass a law requiring them to do it. It sometimes helps with the feasilbiity if the your politicians can blame someone else for making them pass the law.