Recycling Cosmetic Packaging #2

If you're a MAC fan, you might know this already. MAC run a programme (Back to MAC) whereby if you return 6 empty containers to any MAC counter, you are entitled to receive a free lipstick. I had thought until recently that it only applied to lipstick containers but it doesn't - so you can bring back empty eyeshadow cases, gloss tubes or any empty primary packaging item (this means the plastic bit, basically - so no cheating and bringing back the card boxes) as well as empty lipsticks.

More info from the mouthpiece of MAC itself:

Back to M·A·C Program
Because we share your commitment to the environment, M·A·C accepts returns of its primary packaging through the Back to M·A·C Program. By returning six [6] M·A·C primary packaging containers to a M·A·C counter, you receive a free M·A·C Lipstick of your choice as our thanks to you.

Since 100% of the retail selling price of Viva Glam Lipsticks is provided to organisations that help people living with HIV/AIDS, these colours are excluded from this program.

Most primary packaging of M·A·C products is accepted as Back to M·A·C "currency". M·A·C does not accept the following as a part of the program:

• Secondary packaging of any sort [paper box, plastic/cellophane wrapper, shopping bags, etc.]
• Samples [sample containers, special/trial size products for promotional/seasonal kits]
• Cosmetic applicators/tools [disposables, puffs, sponges, scissors, spatulas, swabs, sharpeners, tweezers, curlers]
• Accessories [bags, belts, makeup cases, lashes, Blot Film]

In addition to our "Back to M·A·C Program," M·A·C uses minimal packaging and recycled paper to paperboard packaging in our offices, manufacturing and distribution facilities. Vegetable-based inks are used for printing whenever possible. At M·A·C we share your concerns about the environment and we are continually looking for ways to address those concerns while providing our customers with complete product satisfaction and safety.

From: maccosmetics.com