SUSTAINABILITY & THE ENVIRONMENT
Spread Christmas cheer sustainably: 3 ways to recycle festive items
Decorating the Christmas tree, wrapping gifts, and sending out greeting cards are some of the most cherished Christmas traditions, but after the festivities, how do you dispose of the excess? Gabriella Peace, marketing communications manager of UK Greetings, offers her take on how you can give your Christmas items a…
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How to tell if your nail & beauty products are vegan-friendly
Are your clients calling for vegan and cruelty-free products? Scratch explores how to tell if your nail and beauty products fit the bill… The global vegan cosmetics market is anticipated to reach $24.79 billion in 2028, according to research by Fortune Business Insights, and a whopping 82% of all new vegan items…
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Sustainable beauty: Here’s how to recycle your nail salon waste
With a number of day-to-day considerations to navigate, how you manage your salon waste can often be pushed to the back of your mind. But it’s easier than you think to respect the environment through your work, as we highlight through our roundup of recycling schemes and tips. Green Salon…
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84% of beauty professionals want to make their businesses more sustainable: Here’s how
The British Beauty Council has launched its Planet Positive Beauty directory for professional hair and beauty services, to help industry professionals who want to operate more sustainably. The portal is easy-to-use, and has been ‘designed to help demystify sustainability-related jargon’, simplifying steps for salons to take to become more environmentally…
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Seeking a high-quality, innovative & eco-conscious salon furniture brand? Meet REM UK
For over a century, REM UK has been at the forefront of developing salon furniture and equipment, playing a pivotal role in shaping the salon industry’s products and work environments. From its humble beginnings in 1918 with the pioneering work of Eugene Suter, REM has continuously evolved and transformed to…
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SalonCycle launches to help UK hair & beauty salons recycle waste
International recycling company, TerraCycle, has launched SalonCycle in the UK: a scheme to help hair and beauty pros and salons divert their hard-to-recycle waste from landfill and incineration. Following a successful launch in the US, SalonCycle’s UK unveiling offers a simple and convenient recycling solution to businesses in England, Scotland,…
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A guide to greenwashing & what to do if you spot it in the beauty industry
While public interest in and understanding of eco purchasing choices has increased dramatically in recent years, buying a product that is sustainable isn’t as straightforward as it may seem. “Consumers expect sustainability and corporate responsibility to be a given, not a differentiating factor. However, I think this is a key…
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How to minimise waste in your nail salon
Green Salon Collective was founded in 2020 by environmental experts, campaigners and beauty professionals, with an aim to help member salons in the UK and Ireland to responsibly dispose of their waste. For this blog, the Collective offers an insight into waste solutions. Your salon probably disposes of a lot…
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Garnier has teamed up with UK-based Almond, a climate solutions platform that helps businesses to naturally reduce carbon, as part of their commitment to ‘green beauty’. This partnership will see Garnier plant 400,000 trees by the end of October. The global beauty brand has pledged to plant one tree for…
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Food byproducts are being increasingly up-cycled as raw materials by the cosmetics industry, according to Ecovia Intelligence. Food byproducts are already established as a source of natural ingredients and some, such as palm kernel oil, are widely used in cosmetic and personal care products. There is greater demand for such…
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The rise in ‘conscious consumerism’ is thought to have caused a rise in demand for sustainable and ethical products, including certified beauty and wellbeing. The Soil Association Certification Organic Beauty & Wellbeing 2020 report reveals the market for certified organic and natural beauty products in the UK is now worth…
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Department store Selfridges has pledged to ban the sale of plastic glitter beauty products by 2021. The store will work with its more than 300 beauty partners, brands and services to remove the microplastic ingredient from all collections over the next 11 months. However, many beauty brands already stocked by…
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CIDESCO, the world standard for beauty and spa therapy, is encouraging its members, students and schools to become more aware and supportive of environmental issues by issuing them with guidelines to becoming a more sustainable operator. With its guidance, CIDESCO is emphasising that eco-efforts are not about sacrifice, but about…
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Selfridges has announced it is removing all single-use, plastic-based beauty wipes from sale and use in its beauty halls. Instead, the store will provide recyclable or re-usable alternatives in a bid to encourage its customers to consume more sustainably. Less than a fifth of Selfridges customers knew that it can…
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