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Kao Tests In-Store Collection and Recycling of Used Cosmetics Bottles

A range of bottles will be collected from February 1 to July 31.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Kao Corporation will field test a program to recycle plastic cosmetics bottles. From February 1 to July 31, used bottles will be collected at retail outlets directly run by Aeon in the Kanto region of Japan that sell Twany brand products and at Color Studio cosmetics retail outlets in Aeon malls. The program relies on Jeplan's chemical recycling technology. The first stage in this project was initiated in June 2021, when Kao began using Jeplan's chemically recycled PET material to m...

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