When it comes to health and beauty products, recycling can be baffling. What do you do with leftover lipsticks or mascara?
The sad truth is that because most people have no idea, they just opt to throw it in the general waste bin.
So to help reduce the amount of beauty product packaging going to landfill, Boots is introducing a new scheme in stores.
From today, you’ll be able to scan empty products (even from brands not stocked by Boots) using the dedicated Scan2Recycle app and take them to 50 stores.
For every five products you recycle, you’ll get 500 Advantage Cards points – which is worth £5 to spend in store.
The deposited empties are returned directly to Boots recycling partner, ReWorked, where they are formed into new products.
Joanna Rogers, Trading Director and VP of Beauty at Boots said: ‘To help our customers shop and consume more sustainably, we’re excited to launch the most inclusive recycling scheme on the market.
‘Customers will be able to recycle even the most difficult health, beauty and wellness empties, from old mascaras and empty toothpaste tubes to finished lipsticks and empty vitamin pots. Our customers can then feel even better about treating themselves with their Boots Advantage Card points.’
Sadly, there are some exceptions due to health and safety reasons.
You won’t be able to recycle aerosol cans, perfume bottles, nail polish bottles, hair dyes, brow and eyelash tints, safety razors and razor blades, disposable razors and razor heads, used PPE (disposable masks, gloves and visors), food packaging including crisps, medicine, vitamins and supplements blister packs and foils; any electrical items such as hairdryers and straighteners and any medical devices, electrical or not.
You’ll also only be able to get a maximum of 500 points per day so don’t save everything up to deposit at one time.
To find your nearest recycling bank visit the Boots website.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/24/boots-will-give-you-5-of-free-points-when-you-recycle-packaging-13317965/
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