HOW DO YOU DISPOSE OF ALL THOSE HALF-USED NAIL VARNISHES IN YOUR BATHROOM - AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE MILLIONS OF SALON EMPTIES? WE FOUND OUT I contacted Terracycle, who are pros at recycling typically hard-to-recycle waste, but who stop short of taking nail varnish bottles themselves. "Nail polish bottles are particularly difficult to recycle," their PR spokesperson Sam Angel confirmed.

She’s the former Essex hairdresser whose infectious enthusiasm for cleaning and down-to-earth personality have made her an Instagram — and publishing — star. Mrs Hinch, real name Sophie Hinchliffe, started posting about her cleaning routines on social media after discovering that setting to with a mop and bucket or cloths and disinfectant helped to calm her anxiety. But people loved her tips — as well as her habit of giving her favourite tools and products their own nicknames — so much she now has 3.2 million Instagram followers, called ‘Hinchers’, and her books are huge best-sellers.

欧舒丹倡导绿色环保的护肤理念，与专注废品回收解决方案的创业公司Terracycle合作，有效回收定制护肤品时产生的废料，给予消费者更多的“回收优惠”。

The ‘Simply’ range is the first to be sold in the UK under the Danone masterbrand

自“清洁地球”行动开展以来，REN clean skincare将更多产品研发资金投入到环保包装创新，并将研发成果应用到新产品生产。通过与环保回收公司TerraCycle联手合作，REN clean skincare将从海洋、海滩、河流和湖泊中回收的塑料制成的新型环保容器，应用于明星产品Atlantic Kelp and Magnesium Body Wash瓶身，并通过配备全新的无金属泵，实现包装完全可回收和可降解。

Take a look at your desk. What do you see? Some pens and a few document files? A calculator, chocolate bar or a letter tray? Sticky notes, an index box, a tube of handcream? Are you seeing what we’re seeing? Plastic – a veritable sea of the stuff.

While 90% of us recycle our kitchen waste where possible, less than half of us follow the same rules with our bathroom waste. So, what’s holding us back? If you’re not sure how to go green with your beauty waste, read my guide…

 

When it comes to the beauty industry, it is undeniable that more needs to be done to up eco credentials. Sustainable beauty might be on the rise, with more and more brands thinking about how to cut down on non-recyclable packaging and lower their carbon footprint, but what can we do right now to help? The first step is to ensure we are correctly disposing of our waste. But how do you recycle beauty products? Can you recycle makeup tubes? Mascara wands? Shampoo bottles? It can be very confusing! So, before you give up and throw the whole lot out, let me give you an easy-to-follow guide:  

HOW TO RECYCLE YOUR BEAUTY PRODUCTS

TWO BIN RULE

We all have two bins in our kitchens, but most of us only have one bin in our bathrooms, meaning that everything ends up in landfill. The first thing to do is to add a second bin into your bathroom so that you have one for waste and one for recycling. The second challenge is learning what goes in each…  

BOTTLES

Let’s start with bottles. In general, shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and other plastic bottles can be recycled. However, you should make sure they’re cleaned before you recycle them (scoop leftover product out and throw in your waste bin rather than washing down the sink, or better yet, actually use it!). Lids can usually be recycled unless they are pumps, trigger head or flip-top opening.  

AEROSOLS

Deodorants, hairsprays and other aerosols are usually accepted in recycling schemes, but check your local collection and make sure they are completely empty.  

GLASS

Any glass jars or bottles can be easily recycled, either with your collection scheme or at a bottle / glass recycling bank. Just make sure they are clean and remove any plastic lids. And don’t forget that glass jars and candle holders often make pretty storage pots around the home so you can recycle them in this way, too!  

ELECTRICALS

Don’t forget that you can often repair or replace parts of old electricals rather than throwing the whole thing out, and if it is simply a case of upgrading, pass your old hair tools on to a charity shop. Cloud Nine has a straighteners recycling scheme, find out more here.  

WHAT CAN’T YOU RECYCLE?

The bottle caps I mentioned above can’t be recycled, along with makeup brushes, mascara brushes, nail varnish and fragrance bottles.  

TERRACYCLE

Brands including REN, L’Occitane and Kiehl’s are now partnering with TerraCycle, to accept old beauty containers to recycle on your behalf, often offering cash-back or free products. You can also visit https://www.terracycle.com/en-GB/ and get a box to fill with your empties for them to recycle on your behalf for a guilt-free beauty regime.