Marks and Spencer on Argyle Street, have launched recycling scheme which shoppers can benefit from.
This week 9June 8) saw the partnership launch between the high street retailer and beauty recycling experts, HANDLE, to launch a Beauty Takeback Scheme.
The scheme will enable hard to recycle beauty packaging materials and components that commonly end up in landfill to be recycled and turned into new packaging and products.
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From this month, Glasgow shoppers at M&S Argyle Street will be able to return any form of rigid plastic or aluminium beauty packaging – from bottles and tubes to caps, pumps and tubs – from any retailer, by dropping their used beauty packaging into dedicated boxes located within the store’s beauty section.
The store is one of over 40 stores across the UK taking part in the scheme with the initiative estimated to collect over two tonnes of empty beauty packaging within the first 12 months. The HANDLE programme is designed to build from a take back and recycling toward a circular system for M&S beauty where new products and packaging are created from the materials collected.
And to celebrate the launch, from now until July 5 of this year, customers who recycle their beauty packaging will also receive 10 per cent off Beauty at M&S. To redeem the discount, shoppers just need to scan the QR code on the Beauty Takeback box in store, for the offer to be added to their Sparks’ Hub.
Grant Henry, Store Manager at M&S Argyle Street said: “At M&S Argyle Street we’re passionate about creating simple solutions that help our customers live lower carbon lives. We hope this scheme encourages customers to recycle their beauty empties to give them a second life and reduce the amount of packaging that goes to landfill.”
Tom Murgatroyd, Co-Founder of HANDLE Recycling, added: "We are thrilled to announce our partnership with M&S, our mission is to reduce the environmental impact of Beauty Packaging and this partnership helps to elevate awareness and action toward this mission to the next level. We seek partners who wish to engage in complex issues and that have talented and committed teams to help and support the goals they set out. We aim to support the Plan A initiative with projects that promote reuse and circularity, as both are challenging yet critical aspirations for us all to attain for the sake of our planet and future generations.”
The Beauty Takeback Scheme will be available in over 40 M&S stores across the UK. These include:
- Argyle St Glasgow
- Bath
- Bluewater
- Bromley
- Brooklands
- Camberley
- Castlepoint
- Cheltenham
- Cheshire Oaks
- Cheshunt
- Cribbs Causeway
- Culverhouse Cross
- Fosse Park
- Gyle
- Gemini
- Handforth
- Harrogate
- Hedge End
- Kingston
- Leeds
- Leeds White Rose
- Liverpool
- London Colney
- Longbridge
- Manchester
- Marble Arch
- Meadowhall
- Merryhill
- Metro Centre
- Milton Keynes
- Newcastle
- Nottingham
- Pantheon
- Pudsey, Shoreham
- Stratford City
- Thurrock
- White City
- Wolstanton
- Vangarde Monks Cross
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