Climate Changed
There’s an Ugly Side to the Makeup Aisle, and It’s Killing the Planet
A huge source of plastic refuse, the health and beauty industry is waking up to the global environmental crisis—and its role in it.
Health and beauty products are meant to be aesthetically pleasing.
It’s a category in which packaging is as important as ingredients when it comes to standing out in a galaxy of cute little containers. It’s also an industry with a built-in advantage, since looking younger, smelling nicer or simply not having bad breath tends to sell itself. Mix in the omnipresence of its advertising, and you have one of the more reliable sectors for growth.