Ways to reduce beauty waste and support sustainable business practices

Reduce the plastic waste from your beauty routine with these simple changes, writes Rachel Marie Walsh

Think about how you can cut plastic use at home, including from your bathroom cabinets.

More than 12 million tonnes of plastic end up in our oceans each year, according to Greenpeace. The EU Packaging Directive-imposed recycling targets for Ireland of 50% by 2025 and 55% by 2030 are ambitious. We can all do our bit to help by changing our shopping thinking about how we can cut plastic use at home, including from our bathroom cabinets. Here are some of my favourite ways to reduce beauty waste and support sustainable business practices.

We tend to go through shampoo and conditioner, body wash, facial cleanser and moisturiser fastest.