Watsons x L’Oréal Partners on 'Beauty for the Future' Recycling Program

The scaled-up campaign goal is to collect 250,000 containers in the 12 months following the official launch, which is equivalent to the height of two Mount Everests when stacked up.
The scaled-up campaign goal is to collect 250,000 containers in the 12 months following the official launch, which is equivalent to the height of two Mount Everests when stacked up.

Watsons is partnering with L’Oréal to launch the "Beauty for the Future" recycling campaign in Hong Kong. 

Customers can recycle the cleaned containers of any beauty brand, including foundation bottles, mascara wands, skin care tubs and lipstick tubes at around 170 Watsons stores across the city in exchange for rewards in the city’s largest loyalty platform MoneyBack.

Once collected, V Cycle will break down the wastes, separate them by materials and work with local partners to transform them into new raw materials. The scaled-up campaign goal is to collect 250,000 containers in the 12 months following the official launch, which is equivalent to the height of two Mount Everests when stacked up.

Eva Yu, president and managing director of L’Oréal Hong Kong, said, "Pre-loved beauty packages have their place, but that place is not in landfills. Our goal is to meet it head-on with the first cross-brand recycling program involving 18 of our beauty brands in 2021. Today, we are thrilled to work with partners along the value chain to expand the program and positively impact people’s lives while preserving the planet. “With the scaled-up recycling campaign as part of our ‘L’Oréal for the Future’ sustainability program, we want to further inspire and influence how our consumers think and what they do about packaging wastesnot as something to toss out, but as a resource that can be recycled and used again and sustainably, reducing the impact on our environment. Our partnership with Watsons and V Cycle will help make this a reality.”

Malina Ngai, CEO of A.S. Watson (Asia and Europe), said, “At Watsons, we believe going green is the new beautiful. We made it our purpose to do the right things for our customers and the planet. Sharing a common sustainability vision with L’Oréal, we appreciate this Beauty of Recycling partnership in the region to educate customers as well as engage them in action so that together we can create a bigger impact on the planet today and tomorrow."


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