From batteries to bras, here's what to do with waste that can't go in the recycling bin.

One thing that seems to be inevitable for most women is having empty makeup and cosmetics containers. Unless you make your own makeup or just go without it altogether, you probably have at least one or two containers every year that you need to dispose of.

Victoria Nichols, 19, a Union College freshman in Lincoln, received $5,000 in college scholarship money for participating in two national campaigns by DoSomething.org. A global movement for young people and social change, DoSomething partnered with Garnier and Johnson & Johnson to encourage young people to get involved in recycling and joining the bone marrow donor registry. Nichols beat out over 80,000 applicants to win both scholarships. Garnier partnered with TerraCycle and joined DoSomething for their “Rinse. Recycle. Repeat” campaign, an initiative to encourage young people to recycle their beauty and personal products that would normally end up in the trash. As part of the campaign, 50 colleges competed to see who could recycle the most empty beauty and personal products to keep them out of landfills.

Whether you're a beauty junkie or just appreciate a good lipstick, here's another reason to celebrate your favorite makeup brand! Here are six beauty brands that encourage and will even reward you for recycling old packaging. 3. Garnier This beauty brand will donate two cents (to the charity of your choosing) for every empty bottle you send back. Bonus: It's free to ship! Garnier skin care, hair care and cosmetic packaging with a TerraCycle logo are all eligible for this offer.

Whether you're a beauty junkie or just appreciate a good lipstick, here's another reason to celebrate your favorite makeup brand! Here are six beauty brands that encourage and will even reward you for recycling old packaging. 3. Garnier This beauty brand will donate two cents (to the charity of your choosing) for every empty bottle you send back. Bonus: It's free to ship! Garnier skin care, hair care and cosmetic packaging with a TerraCycle logo are all eligible for this offer.

Nearly half of Americans do not recycle their beauty and personal care products, accounting for a significant amount of landfill waste. To make a positive impact on the planet, Garnier and DoSomething.org, the largest organization for young people and social change, have teamed up to launch Rinse, Recycle, Repeat, a national campaign and college campus competition to educate America’s youth about the importance of recycling beauty product #empties. To further drive social participation, Remi Cruz, a lifestyle personality and YouTuber known for her popular channels MissRemiAshten and RemLife, will serve as the face of Rinse, Recycle, Repeat, starring in a public service announcement about recycling her own beauty products. The goal of the campaign is to tap into the #empties social conversation and educate young people on the importance of bathroom recycling. The campaign will show them how recycling their beauty #empties can keep them out of landfills and be used to create green gardens within local communities. By rallying young people to recycle their #empties, Garnier hopes that this campaign will be able to divert a total of 10 million #empties from landfills by the end of 2017. To participate in the national Rinse, Recycle, Repeat campaign, individuals can: 1.    Sign up online at dosomething.org/rinse, decorate a bathroom recycling bin and share a picture with DoSomething.org on the “Prove It” page online or by texting RINSE to 38383 to be entered to win a $5,000 scholarship. 2.    Once the bin is filled with 10 pounds of beauty #empties, participants can print a free shipping label to send their #empties to TerraCycle to be responsibly recycled. To help spread the word, encourage friends and family to also recycle in the bathroom and join the #empties conversation, participants can share a photo of their recycling bins on Twitter by tagging @garnierUSA and using #empties and #RRRSweepstakes. On April 1, a competition kicked off on 50 college campuses nationwide to collect the most #empties. The college team that collects the most #empties will be rewarded with a garden for their  community, furnished by Garnier and TerraCycle.

Remember that old rule you learned in elementary school on Earth Day? Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (in that order!) still holds true, and your beauty collection is a great place to focus those energies. So first, KonMari your routine. (Whitney put together a handy guide for donating fashion and beauty items you haven't used, check it out!) Then, consider repurposing your empty jars into planters, as in the photo above, or your empty Diptyque candle holders into makeup brush storage, à la every single person on Instagram. And finally, recycle all of those empties! The good news is that it's pretty much never been easier to do so, and there are plenty of beauty brands that will help you (and even reward your efforts). Garnier Garnier partnered with TerraCycle for a recycling program that allows people to send back their empties — including shampoo caps, conditioner caps, hair gel tubes and caps and hair spray triggers — with free shipping.