What upcycling, waste reduction looks like with cosmetic products today
When the beauty industry talks about upcycling, it's usually referring to reducing waste in the ingredient and formulation process.
Upcycled ingredients are a hot topic on the back end of the beauty business and The Upcycled Beauty Company’s 2022-2023 Zero Waste Beauty Report found that consumers are also interested in products with lower environmental impacts.
“Our focus is in personal care looking at reducing the consumption of new resources, identifying waste as a valuable resource and then supporting this transition from a very linear ‘take-make-dispose’ economy system and into a circular one,” Anna Crovetto, community lead for Upcycled Beauty Company, told CosmeticsDesign.
The report found the following statistics on consumer interest in sustainable ingredients:
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