Every year, Canadians throw away 3 million tons of plastic waste, only 9% of which is recycled. Majority of plastics end up in landfills and about 29,000 tons find its way into our natural environment. To tackle this issue TerraCycle has partnered with L’Oréal Canada to provide a resource for customers to recycle their used cosmetics. This will help us to achieve our waste reduction goals and commitment to sending zero waste to landfill, as well as educating and helping customers to recycle!
Customers can enjoy the convenience of recycling their beauty empties for free at their favorite local retailers.
The following can be dropped off in-store in dedicated recycling bins from:
Plastic and glass tubes, pots, pumps, sprays, and jars
Lipstick, lip balm, and lip gloss tubes, cases, and caps
Mascara tubes
Eyeliner pencils and cases
Eyeshadow and bronzer cases
Foundation packaging
Powder cases
Eyeshadow and concealer tubes and sticks
Perfume, nail polish bottles, nail polish remover bottles, and pressurized canisters (including aerosol cans) are not accepted through this program.
All cosmetic packaging collected in-store through the L’Oréal Committed Beauty Recycling Program is returned to TerraCycle to be cleaned, separated by material type, and recycled into raw formats that manufacturers use to make new products. To learn more about Teracycle’s recycling process for cosmetic packaging, please visit TerraCycle