As the effects of climate change become increasingly obvious, minimizing our impact on the planet is more important than ever. If you haven't already switched to an Earth-conscious beauty routine, what better time to try than Earth Day? It's a move that's better for you—and for the environment. Not sure how to get started? Here are five ways you can make shopping for beauty greener, cleaner and kinder to the world. Because as the saying goes, beauty is as beauty does.

Going green can be beneficial for businesses and cost-effective for their customers. Retailers and consumer brands can draw inspiration from companies such as Nespresso, Brita and Amazon.com, which have developed innovative recycling programs aimed at making the world — and our environment — a better place.   Brita Brita products already make for an eco-friendly alternative to plastic water bottles. Believe it or not, one Brita filter can replace 300 standard water bottles. But when it comes to sustainability, Brita doesn’t stop there. Its recycling partner, TerraCycle, repurposes used filters, pitchers and bottles. Here’s how it works: after customers have collected at least five pounds of used Brita products to recycle, they are instructed to wrap them in a garbage liner or bag and pack into a shipping box. Then they can print out a free shipping label from the Brita website and mail the used goods back to Terracycle. The recycled products are incorporated into outdoor furniture, bike racks and park benches.

Global eye health company Bausch + Lomb announced today that its ONE by ONE Recycling Program, the first contact lens recycling program of its kind, has recycled nearly 2.5 million used contact lenses, blister packs and top foil since its launch last year. This is equivalent to more than 14,000 pounds of waste, about the weight of a small aircraft. Collection is offered free of charge through a collaboration with TerraCycle®, a company dedicated to repurposing hard-to-recycle post-consumer waste.

You can easily recycle paper and plastic bags, cans and glass containers, but what about hard-to-recycle items like pens, plastic gloves or coffee capsules? One company is on a mission to repurpose tricky-to-tackle consumer waste.

L’association Caritas Alsace participe à une collecte de stylos et instruments d’écriture.

Sur une initiative de Vincent Delourtet, parent d’élève, les écoliers d’Astaffort ont rejoint depuis 2017 un programme de recyclage des instruments d’écriture (stylos à bille, feutres, porte-mines, effaceurs, marqueurs, surligneurs, correcteurs en tube ou en souris) en partenariat avec TerraCycle et BIC. Cette opération est destinée à donner une seconde vie aux stylos usagés, non recyclés par les circuits de tri conventionnels.

Un millier de produits de douze multinationales seront mis en vente dès l'année prochaine sur une plate-forme où tous les emballages seront consignés, et certains articles même réemployés. Dénommé Loop, ce site d'e-commerce sera conçu et géré par TerraCycle, entreprise américaine spécialisée dans le recyclage des déchets plus "difficiles".

La iniciativa surge del Centro de Excelencia de Sostenibilidad de Hasbro, un organismo que se esfuerza por reducir la huella de carbono de la empresa y mejorar continuamente su desempeño ambiental en todos los aspectos de su negocio.

Javier Solans, director general: "Hemos alcanzado nuestros objetivos para 2020 antes de lo previsto"

Un grupo de estudiantes de ciclo quiere fomentar el reciclaje de material de escritura en las Islas. Una apuesta por la sostenibilidad Los alumnos del IES Politécnico de la capital grancanaria promueven el proyecto 'ARBol', una iniciativa destinada a fomentar el reciclaje de material de escritura inservible en las Islas. La causa cuenta además con la participación de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria y la Universidad de La Laguna.