Our Packaging

120 billion units of packaging are produced every year by the global cosmetics industry, bulked out by the use of complex lids, multi-layered boxes and cellophane, much of which is superfluous, non-recyclable and ends up in our landfills and oceans.

The packaging across our range is 99% plastic-free and we offer plastic-free refill options for the 1%. In addition, you can return your empty packaging to us to be returned and refilled, all at a 20% discount! More info available here.

HOW TO RECYCLE OUR PACKAGING:

Glass

Our products come in glass not plastic. All glass bottles and jars can go straight into your normal recycling. Just give them a quick rinse!

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Plastic-negative

UpCircle is a plastic-negative certified brand meaning we remove more ocean-bound plastic than our packaging uses.

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Aluminium Lids

The lids for almost all of our products are made from aluminium, All UpCircle aluminium lids can go straight into your normal home recycling! Aluminium can be recycled infinitely without the quality degrading.

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Cardboard Outers

All UpCircle outer cardboard boxes can go straight into your normal home recycling! Our cardboard is FSC certified, helping to ensure our forests are alive for generations to come.

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Pipettes, Pumps and Sprays

Check local municipality or use Terracycle. We also offer aluminium cap refill options – use dropdown menu on each relevant product page.

UpCircle is a plastic-negative certified brand meaning we remove more ocean-bound plastic than our packaging uses.

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Plastic-free Lid Options

We never want the user experience of our products to be compromised by our choice of packaging. We therefore have small elements of plastic in the lids of some products in order that they can be applied effectively.

However, for any product that has a plastic lid, we offer an aluminium cap refill option. Simply keep the pipette / pump / spray from your first bottle, and switch it across to your new one!

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RETURN, REFILL!

We’ve designed our packaging return scheme to be simple and streamlined. There’s a separate “Refills Collection” on our website where all prices are subject to a 20% discount vs. the usual retail price. We also automatically email you a Freepost return label, so it’s as simple as could be!

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Shipping Boxes

Our cardboard is FSC certified, helping to ensure our forests are alive for generations to come.

Our shipping boxes come with two glue strips at the top so that you can reuse the same box to return your empty jars to us for refilling!

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Marketing Materials

Aside from our actual products, our marketing materials are made from paper that’s made from recycled coffee cups and we only use paper tape which has been made from recycled fibres.

Protective Packaging

To protect our products sent in wholesale shipments we use biodegradable corn starch "peanuts". They're plastic-free, vegan and dissolve in water!

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Waste Within Packaging

We've even designed accessories, like our Tube Squeezer, to help minimise the amount of product that gets left behind in your packaging.

Our Tube Squeezer is made from metal and helps you get every last drop from your tube. It works on metal and plastic tubes!

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Circular Ingredients, Circular Packaging

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