Did you know that beauty products are notoriously difficult to recycle? Most packaging is comprised of multiple different materials and is often rejected in ordinary curb-side pick up recycling, ending up in landfills.
To ensure you are disposing of your beauty waste in an eco-friendly way, we have put together this list to take all the guess work out for you.
Many businesses have now partnered with global recycling giants TerraCycle, meaning that recycling your beauty items has now never been easier. Keep reading to find out which beauty retailers offer TerraCycle.
Please note that nail polishes, old makeup brushes, wooden makeup pencils (like eye liners and lip liners), perfumes, aerosols, and products that aren’t completely emptied are not accepted by TerraCycle. For more information on this, check out their website.
Priceline
Just earlier this month, the pharmacy chain announced that they have partnered with Maybelline and TerraCycle to make recycling your beauty products even easier. All Priceline stores will now have recycling bins where you can dump your used beauty products from any brand. As an incentive, they are offering 50 Bonus Sister Club points every month when you recycle your makeup empties. They are even happy to take care of the cleaning process for you, they just ask that the product be completely emptied before being dropped of at a recycling station.
Find you nearest Priceline store here.
Mecca
Got empties? You local Mecca store is here to help! As of April of this year, all Mecca stores will accept your beauty waste all thanks to their partnership with TerraCycle. Just take your empties to the counter and a member of the Mecca team will help you out.
They accept products from all brands, not just the brands stocked in Mecca. Once their collection station is filled, TerraCycle will come to collect the items and dispose of them the right way. Fun fact, in Mecca’s trail period for this recycling program, over 1000KG of beauty waste was collected. Thats 10,240 empty products properly recycled and diverted from landfill.
Find your nearest Mecca store here.
David Jones
Retail giants David Jones are also making their passion for the environment known by teaming up with TerraCycle. Their BeautyCycle program is so quick and easy to use. Simply bring your clean empty items to designated BeautyCycle units located in all David Jones beauty departments. Their partnership with TerraCycle ensures materials collected are sorted and recycled.
More information here.
L’Occitane
L’Occitane has pledged their commitment to the environment. As well as offering refills in store for many of their items, such as their hand soaps and body products, they also offer TerraCycle in their stores for all brands.
Find out more here.
Kiehl’s
Kieh’s has also partnered with TerraCycle to collect your beauty waste. You can drop off any brand of products, but when you drop off your empty full-sized Kiehl’s products at Kiehl’s boutiques, they will reward you back! Depending on how many Kiehl’s empties you take in, you could walk away with a whole heap of amazing deluxe samples.
Discover more about their recycling program here.
Jurlique
Drop off any empty beauty items that can be recycled by TerraCycle and they will not only take it off your hands to be disposed of properly, but they will also reward you with 10% off your next purchase. Please note this offer is only available at standalone Jurlique boutiques.
Find out more here.
Ecolateral
For all your recycling needs, we have to shout out Ecolateral. They are the local recycling wiz of Adelaide. As well as taking in your empty beauty products, you can take pretty much anything in and they will recycle it the right way (if it can be recycled). We have a handy guide on all the difficult-to recycle household items that Ecolateral take care of, so absolutely check that one out.
Find out more about Ecolateral here.
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