Throwaway, single-use products are in the DNA of the beauty industry.
Of the 120 billion pieces of discarded packaging associated with makeup and skincare each year, 95 percent is destined for landfill (or, just as likely, for the world’s oceans).
Though most of that waste is plastic—some of which could, in theory, be recycled—only nine percent of it actually is. Few curbside recycling programs will even accept pumps, wands, squeeze tubes, and tiny caps, many of which are made with mixed materials that keep them from being easily sorted…