Make-up and skin care are so fun to buy and use. With all the new companies and new products dropping every year it only stands to reason packaging waste is a huge problem. Pact Collective aims to recycle 8 million tons of plastic that can’t be recycled through normal channels. Why our curbside bins and beauty packaging recycling don’t go always go hand and hand is answered on their website.
Why is Pact needed? Can’t we just use out curbside bin to recycle beauty?
It’s complicated. The beauty and wellness industry generates over 120 billion packages each year. The ugly truth is that most of this packaging is too small to be caught by Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs). Plastic smaller than a fist, flexible packaging like squeezable tubes, and packages made of mixed materials are highly unlikely to be recycled through traditional systems – MRFs can’t capture them, so they are deemed trash. That means most beauty packages end up in landfills and our oceans. They have numerous
drop boxes throughout the United States and Canada including at many Sephora and Ulta locations but if one is not near, you can mail the packaging to them. This won’t solve all the problems with beauty waste, companies need to take the first step in creating earth friendly packaging, but this is a great leap forward in getting millions of tons of waste recycled.
