rePurpose wants beauty brands to think about plastic beyond the recycling bin – Cosmetics Design

According to rePurpose, 91% of plastic waste doesn’t make it to recycling and ends up in the environment.

RePurpose Global acts as a private industry partner to address the end of the plastic recycling supply chain and works with brands to become “plastic neutral”​ certified.

The program uses a carbon-credit system with participating brands.

For example, more than half of PET plastic is already recycled in India, so they focus their resources on low-value plastics like films and bags.

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