Consider this week your education on how to be a more eco-aware, knowledgable beauty consumer.

When it comes to the environment, the beauty industry can be a pretty ugly place.

And, thankfully, it looks like they are listening.

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Stocksy | Design by Chloe Jeong.

And, only nine percent of that plastic waste was recycled.Even bleaker?

Much of it actually becomes trash for various reasons that range from contamination to issues at sorting facilities.

Obviously none of the plastic packages we are developing are supposed to go into the environment.

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Another way P&G is helping with recycling is by eliminating plastics altogether in some products.

That means less than 1% of the planets water is available to fuel its 6.8 billion people.

They are designed to provide the same great beauty benefits with half your usual dose, says Malhotra.

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), post-consumer recycled bottles with 30% less plastic compared to our 13.5 oz.

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Updated July, 2018.

International Union for Conservation of Nature.Palm oil and biodiversity.

U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs.List of goods produced by child labor or forced labor.

Updated June 23, 2021.

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