Monday, October 22, 2012

Makeup Recycling Program

11:39 PM    

Makeup Recycling Programs

Kiehl’s Recycling Program

They will accept any of their containers, bottles, tubes, and jars for recycling and as an incentive they often reward their customers with free products. It can’t get any better than that. I love freebies! You get rewarded for doing something good for the environment.

M.A.C Recycling Program

  • I heart M.A.C. cosmetics. They carry my favorite bronzers and concealers. Cheap, they are not!
  • Their recycling program makes it easier If you return six M.A.C primary packaging containers to a M.A.C counter then you get one free lipstick of any color you like. 
  • For more details- go here 

Origins Recycling Program


  • Origins collects all brands of EMPTY cosmetics bottles, jars and tubes, and (glass or plastic). Plastic bags or wrapping, paper boxes and applicators (secondary packaging) are not accepted.
  •  Recyclable glass and plastics are sold for processing into new commodities while non-recyclable plastics are incinerated for energy recovery. 
  • In exchange, Origins will provide you with a FREE sample of your choice of one of Origins high-performance skincare products. 
  • To learn more about this program, visit Return to Origins FAQs. 
  • All you have to do is go to an Origins retail store or a department store and drop off your containers.

Aveda Recycling Prgram


  • Aveda's Recycle Caps with Aveda program helps to eliminate the accumulation of plastic bottle caps in landfills, oceans, rivers, and elsewhere.
  • The program collects rigid polypropylene plastic caps that show a "5" on the plastic or in the recycling arrows (AKA: #5)
  •  These caps can be found on shampoo, water, soda, milk and other beverage bottles, flip top caps on tubes and food product bottles (such as ketchup and mayonnaise), laundry detergents and some jar lids such as peanut butter.
  • Any time you purchase lotions or shampoos from Aveda make sure and save the caps.
  • Aveda accepts any of their caps for recycling and in addition they accept soda caps, milk caps, and other beverage caps. 
  • You can drop off your caps at any of their stores. For list of what they accept visit aveda.com.
  • Once the caps are collected, Aveda gives them to a recycler who then turns them into new caps and containers for various items.