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Sustainability / Environment

Beauty Kitchen Launches Reuse Model to Save 100 Million Bottles From Landfill

Beauty Kitchen launches reuse model to prevent plastic waste across the beauty and personal care sectors. Scottish personal care brand Beauty Kitchen has launched a “groundbreaking” reuse programme called Re to tackle the 95% of beauty packaging that is discarded after a single use. Companies signing up to the programme will use Re’s reusable stainless steel ‘Smart’ packaging, preventing single-use plastic from ending up in landfill or the ocean. The ‘Smart Bottle’ only needs to be used once to have lower global warming potential than its single-use counterpart. Several big names have already signed up for the programme — multinational giant Unilever was Re’s second customer, and is scaling up its refillable packaging trials across the UK. The company has refill stations for its Radox, …

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The Body Shop refill stations

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Fashion, Design & Beauty

The Body Shop Will be 100% Vegan Certified by 2023, Introduces Refill System

Beauty company The Body Shop recently announced that its entire range of product formulations will be certified by The Vegan Society and carry the Vegan Trademark by the end of 2023. The Body Shop was the first cosmetics company to oppose animal testing in cosmetics in 1989, as the company upheld the principle that beauty should not come at the expense of animal welfare. “Going 100% vegan is a natural step for us” The company has also announced that it will launch refill stations in 500 shops worldwide this year. This will be followed by a further 300 shops in 2022. The Body Shop will also expand its in-store recycling programme, Return, Recycle and Repeat, to 800 shops in 14 markets by the end of …

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