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Eco-Friendly Products—Outside and In

Packaging that matches the intent of natural formulations

Lush's Dream Cream

Lush’s Dream Cream hand and body lotion comes in the brand’s recognizable Black Pots. These pots are made with number 5 plastic and are not easily recycled in many municipalities. Thus, developed a recycling program of its own—for every five black pots that are returned to the store, customers receive a free fresh face mask. In 12 months, more than 300,000 black pots were collected and recycled into new black pots or heavy-duty material like construction beams.

method's Sea Minerals

Method’s gray bottles for Ocean Plastic Dish + Hand Soap were made with recovered ocean plastic.

Burt's Bees Lipstick

Burt’s Bees, which says it is always striving for sustainability recently launched new lipsticks with all-natural formulations in attractive cases made of 60% post-consumer recycled plastic. The brand also has a program titled “Recycle on Us,” in which consumers mail back empties for free.

Aveda's Eye Definer

Aveda’s Spring/Summer 2016 Indian Sunset collection includes Petal Essence Single Eye Colors that are packaged in 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) clamshell and paper sleeve. Petal Essence Eye Definer and Nourish-Mint Smoothing Lip Liner pencils are made of responsibly sourced pine and housed in a 80% post consumer recycled carton.

OGX

Multi-award winner OGX touts a collection of more than 70 hair and body care products packaged in eco-friendly bottles manufactured from materials containing recycled post consumer resin. Products are paraben free, use a unique blend of sulfate free surfactants, and are not tested on animals.

Clean Reserve

Clean Reserve looks to exemplify sustainable beauty. Caps are made of wood from certified sustainably managed forests. Each fragrance in the collection is infused with sustainable ingredients. Several fragrances also include ECOCERT materials. The fragrances are manufactured in a facility that uses 100% solar energy. The alcohol in the fragrances is derived from corn, allowing for a highly refined and pure juice. And the glass bottles are 100% recyclable.

Pangea Organics

Pangea Organics says they “do not compromise on ingredients or packaging; both are ecologically sound and protect the integrity of the product.” The company uses sustainable manufacturing process to produce, distribute and market organic beauty products.

By Jamie Matusow, Editor-in-Chief 05.02.16

Beauty and personal care brands with environmental responsibility at their core have taken a challenging path to package their products in as ethical a way as that in which they develop their natural formulations.

These brands tend to have a consumer base that appreciates the efforts—and the attention to packaging makes them feel good about their purchases.

Here’s a look - in the slideshow above - at some brands that succeed in delivering products with environmentally conscious pedigrees.

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LUSH: An interview with Heather Deeth and Katrina Shum.

VIDEO: Pangea Organics' founder Joshua Scott Onysko.