Beauties, any tips for reducing the environmental damage of our beauty obsessions?

The best way to reduce the environmental damage of our beauty obsessions is to cut back on our purchases. As for me, I have already given up buying soaps, so I make them by myself. All my family uses them + I sell some for my neighbors. All ingredients I buy from my local stores, reducing the amount of packages and delivery emissions. My daughter washes her [kawaii clothes](https://www.modakawa.com/) solely using my soaps, as they are very delicate to any cloth. That’s what is making our planet greener for me. First of all, we must reconsider our consumption.

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Lush have changed their policy, it use to be bring in 5 black containers and get a free cleanser or mask, now just brung in any bottle/container and get $1 off for every product you bring in

David Jones has joined the recycling revolution: https://www.davidjones.com/beauty-cycle

I seriously think it’s so poor of Chemist Warehouse and Priceline to not offer any recycling options. Especially for blister packs when you could argue Chemist Warehouse would be the largest distributer of those with the products they sell.

I’ve been writing in and commenting to CW about it but only one voice. Strongly encourage others to try too.

Lush had a deal that if you bring 5 mask pots back you get a free mask, I am unsure if they have changed this during Covid

Terracycle is a good option also Flora and Fauna do a great recycling option where you can send a parcel to them of your used beauty products and they give you store credit of $10

I belong to a local Facebook group called Buy Nothing (my suburb name not disclosed). If you do a search via Facebook, you will probably find a similar group in your area.

I have donated some items to people that were happy to receive them. If I had not been aware of this group, these items might have ended up in landfill. Sometimes I’ve been surprised at the type of items that have been offered as donations, and how some of them have been popular.

It’s great being part of a community where the main focus is giving to others and reducing unwanted items going to landfill.

Just in case anyone is interested … I received an email from Flora & Fauna today where they said that they now recycle empty blister packs. Here is a link to their website which includes information about TerraCycle:

https://www.floraandfauna.com.au/reuse-reduce/community/terracycle-boxes?filters=

I’ve been a customer of Flora & Fauna for a long time and I’ve always been happy with their customer service. They have a great range of eco-friendly products.

Thanks for taking this initiative and great thread.

Sheridan have a recycling program for sheets and towels. The Body Shop used to have one for their containers and packaging, not sure if it is still available.