HOW THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY IS CONFRONTING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH WASTE

Here’s what actually happens when you toss your plastic (and other recyclable materials) into the recycling bin: “Once you put a material in the blue bin, it’s collected by the waste collector of your city, which is a private entity, and taken to a material recovery facility that sorts all wastes into their right categories,” says Sarah Teeter, global project manager of TerraCycle, a recycling company that handles hard-to-recycle waste.