{"id":24008,"date":"2021-04-19T21:09:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T21:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=24008"},"modified":"2021-09-27T04:17:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T04:17:30","slug":"how-to-recycle-empty-beauty-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/how-to-recycle-empty-beauty-products\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recycle Your Empty Beauty Products"},"content":{"rendered":"Keep reading to learn how to recycle empty beauty products in the most eco-friendly way.<\/em>\n\nScientists are uncovering more and more about climate change. As a result, people everywhere are looking for ways to do their part to help protect the environment.\n\nOne of the most popular and accessible ways to get involved is to start recycling. But we\u2019re not just talking about bottles and cans. Did you know that you can recycle beauty and personal care products, too?\n

The Problem with Plastic Beauty Packaging<\/h2>\nYou might not think that personal care packaging amounts to much, but in reality, it does. In fact, as National Geographic<\/em>\u00a0reports<\/a>, \u201cThe amount of plastic packaging on U.S. products (not just on personal care items) has increased by over 120 times since 1960\u2014with almost 70 percent of that waste<\/a> piling up in landfills.\u201d\n\nConsidering personal care (which includes beauty) has erupted over the years into a $90 billion industry<\/a>, you can imagine what that means for landfills.\n\nAs the Zero Waste organization points out, we’re looking at 120 billion units of cosmetics packaging<\/a> each year, all of which is manufactured by destroying 18 million acres of forest<\/a>, again, each year<\/em>. Yikes!\n\nThe biggest problem with beauty and personal care items is that not all parts of the packaging are always recyclable. As a result, many people toss their empties into the trash, rather than the recycling bin. But let’s change that, shall we?\n\nAhead, discover how to recycle beauty products the right way. Mother Earth will thank you!\n\n\"Shelf\n

Which beauty products are recyclable?<\/h2>\nRather than talking about what is recyclable, let\u2019s first weed out what isn\u2019t.\n\nAccording to Terracycle, a recycling business that \u201ccollects non-recyclable pre-consumer and post-consumer waste on behalf of corporate donors,\u201d the below items can\u2019t be recycled<\/a> in traditional recycling programs:\n