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Recycling Makeup Containers

Kiss and Makeup

05.01.2009

Submitted by bdisylvester on Thu, 04/30/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Bite:
Used-up tube of lipstick looking pretty sorry? Pucker up one last time, then chuck it at any Origins store. O'll take any brand of any beauty product you've got – lipstick, lotion, powder compacts, whatever. Just clean out the bottle or case (recycle paper boxes, applicators, sponges, or puffs at home), and drop 'em off. NY-born Origins'll send the containers to ACA Waste Services in Long Island so they can turn them into new products - instead of burying (the hatchet) in 'fills.
Why Care?: 
Consumer product packaging, including lipstick cases and compacts, account for 1/3 of all landfill waste 'cuz most local recyclers won't take them.
When the manufacturer quit making our favorite shade of lipstick, we used a cotton swab to salvage what was left and stored the rest in a pillbox. Yeah, we were obsessed.
Wanna Try: 
Return to Origins Recycling Program, Origins, 402 W. Broadway (212-219-9764). Find a store.

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Cocktail Fact

The number one fight among couples is money; number two is sex.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 NY Biters each recycle six makeup compacts this year, we'll keep the weight of eight boyfriends in plastic outta landfills.

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carole  on May 03, 2009 at 04:09 AM 1
origins map location for the short hills mall is way off the mark: The Short Hills Mall is located at the intersection of JFK Parkway and Rte 24 in Short Hills, NJ 07078, not in a small residential street as noted on the origins map.
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