Tips for recycling your PHYTO empties

As a company built on the importance of using natural ingredients and tapping into the power of the magic provided by mother nature, we also want to help make sure you know the best ways to recycle your empty PHYTO containers. We are all about doing our part to protect our planet and want to share some great recycling tips regarding all of your beauty product empties.

Every bit of recycling makes a huge impact. For the roughly 50 percent of people who don’t recycle their empty containers, it results in 2.7 billion plastic bottles comprised of bathroom waste that ends up in landfills annually. *

Here are a few quick tips to effectively recycle and help make a positive impact on our planet.

  • Check your local city/town recycling programs. Many cities and municipalities already have recycling programs in place and in some places even provide you with the appropriate bins to toss your recyclables. Check with local government offices to see how you can get specific details on recycling in your area.

  • Rinse your glass, plastic, and cardboard containers before recycling. There are some items that cannot be recycled, such as caps/pumps on their own, lipstick tubes and other smaller items. Don’t just throw everything in the recycling bins. A quick search online will provide more info on the types of containers and materials that are not actually conducive to recycling.

  • Plastic can get complicated. Not all of it is recyclable and the rules are a bit dynamic, so they do change. Before you include plastic items, you might want to double check the rules for your area on what types of plastic are viable for recycling.

  • The little triangle on the product is not necessarily indicative of recyclability. That common symbol is actually something that implicates the types of resin in the material versus if it’s actually recyclable or not.

While some of these tips may seem super specific, it matters. Every item that is tossed into a recycling bin must be sorted. So, materials that can’t be recycled can actually hold up the process.

We encourage you to little bit of quick research on the recycling rules and process for your specific area. Big change truly starts small. Happy recycling!

*Source: Real Simple

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