Beauty products and packaging can be quite complex to figure out to how recycle with designs in all shapes and sizes that can be made up from a range of mixed materials such as glass, plastic, metals, and paper. Unfortunately, most mainstream recyclers don’t have the capacity and resources to dissemble and separate each of the components in these products– making it inappropriate for your kerbside bin recycling.

So, if you’re wanting to sustainably dispose of your beauty empties, how do you do it? Thankfully some of our beauty retailers are here to help! All partnering with TerraCycle (global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials) each of our retailers offer simple and convenient ways for you to recycle your products whilst you’re in store.

We’ve put together a list to make taking responsible and sustainable choices easier when you shop at INDRO.
 

• L’Occitane

Environmental consciousness is at L'Occitane’s core as they’ve recognised producing reusable packaging is only half of the solution in promoting sustainable habits with their customers. L’Occitane were the first beauty brand in Australia to partner with TerraCycle in 2016 to make recycling beauty products readily accessible and achievable for the everyday consumer. Simply bring your empties to the bin located by the register in store to recycle your waste. The more empties you bring within one visit the further you can reduce your carbon footprint.

To find out more about what products you can recycle at L’Occitane, click here.
 

• Mecca Maxima & Mecca Cosmetica

You can find at both our Mecca Maxima and Cosmetica stores TerraCycle bins where you can recycle your empty makeup, haircare and skincare packaging. Mecca have been partnered with TerraCycle for 5 years now and with the help from their teams and customers, they have saved over one million beauty empties from ending up in landfill. You won’t miss their eye-catching bins by their registers which are made from returned waste from TerraCycle, the first of its kind in Australia.

To find out more about Mecca’s TerraCycle program and what you can dispose, click here.
 

• Sephora

Return your empty beauty products at Sephora’s TerraCycle bins to earn Beauty Pass points. Gather your empty products and visit their friendly staff at the register to redeem your points towards your next purchase. The more products you recycle the more you earn!

Learn more about Sephora’s Beauty Pass TerraCycle program here.
 

• David Jones

David Jones Beauty Cycle program began in 2021 with TerraCycle to help close the loop with beauty waste in our recycling system. Since the program began it has saved 2500kg of beauty packaging from landfill. You can bring your clean, empty products to the designated Beauty Cycle drop points within any David Jones store’s beauty departments.

To learn more about the Beauty Cycle program, click here.