In partnership with Beautycycle, Nordstrom has launched a magnificence take again and recycling program in Canada, accepting all manufacturers of magnificence packaging.
Each yr, greater than 120 billion models of plastic packaging are produced by the wonder business, however lower than 9 % will get recycled. That’s as a result of many municipal recycling facilities don’t settle for magnificence supplies and packaging, as they typically comprise a mixture of supplies that aren’t regionally recyclable.
Nordstrom and Beautycycle hope to alter that and purpose to take again 100 tons of hard-to-recycle magnificence packaging by 2025 to make sure it will get recycled.
“We perceive our clients care about sustainability, and we wish to assist them transfer towards a zero-waste magnificence routine to allow them to look nice and do good on the identical time,” mentioned Gemma Lionello, govt vp, normal merchandise supervisor, equipment and wonder, at Nordstrom. “We’re proud to broaden entry to a recycling program that can assist our Canadian clients simply and conveniently recycle their magnificence packaging.”
Starting April 6, clients can convey empty magnificence merchandise to any Nordstrom Canada retailer to be recycled. Beautycycle bins might be accessible within the magnificence division.
Empty cosmetics, haircare or skincare packaging no matter model or buy location will be dropped off at Nordstrom’s areas. This consists of:
Shampoo and conditioner bottles and caps
Hair gel tubes and caps
Hair spray bottles and triggers
Hair paste plastic jars and caps
Lip balm tubes
Face cleaning soap dispensers and tubes
Lotion bottles, tubes, dispensers, and jars
Shaving foam tubes (no cans)
Lip gloss tubes
Mascara tubes
Eye liner pencils and circumstances
Eye shadow and tubes
Concealer tubes and sticks
And extra…
Nordstrom will ship the contents of the Beautycycle Boxes to Terracycle, the place they are going to be cleaned and separated into metals, glass and plastics. Those supplies are then recycled primarily based on the fabric composition. For instance, plastics are recycled into a variety of recent merchandise together with park benches and picnic tables, whereas metals are reused as base supplies for stamped product functions like nuts, bolts, washers and rings.
