HELP GIVE
 YOUR OLD M·A·C
PRODUCT

A SECOND LIFE


For over 30 years, Back-To-M·A·C has

recycled or recovered your used product

packaging and, where possible, given the

old plastic a second life. What cannot be

recycled is converted to energy.


 


1. Return your clean, empty products that are eligible* for return to a participating M·A·C counter** in-store or ONLINE.


2. Recyclable products will be shredded, washed, re-pelletized and recycled into the production of new materials – or, in some places, they’ll become a new M·A·C product!***


3. The packaging that cannot be recycled will be converted into energy.



*The following product categories are not eligible for return through the Back-To-M∙A∙C program: liquid lipsticks, glitters and pigments, makeup removers, fragrances, brush cleansers and face cleansers, mixing mediums, acrylic paints, nail lacquers and airbrush makeup.

**Excluding California.

***Closed-loop recycling available in North America.

Currently, California law inhibits the recycling of returned cosmetic and personal care products. In compliance with local law, M·A·C collects the returns, diverts them from landfill and utilizes a third party to convert the returns from waste to energy.



   
     GOING BEYOND
     OUR PRODUCTS

             Our plastic efforts go beyond our products.
             We are proud to donate $100,000 to
             Plastics for Change
 to enable the collection
             of
             over 550,000 pounds of plastic (equivalent to
             12,500,000 plastic bottles!) from our planet
             while supporting approximately 200 plastic
             collectors and their communities for one year
             with a host of social services.


OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL
COMMITMENTS

WE ARE CONTINUING TO DESIGN OUR PRODUCTS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT IN MIND

– MAKING SMARTER, MORE

RESPONSIBLE PACKAGING CHOICES

WITHOUT COMPROMISING OUR ICONIC PACKAGING AESTHETICS AND

PERFORMANCE.

50%+

 

M·A·C IS TAKING STEPS TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING. TODAY,MORE THAN 50% OF OUR PACKAGING* IS RECYCLABLE, REFILLABLE, REUSABLE, RECYCLED OR RECOVERABLE.
*BY WEIGHT

  OUR
  AMBITION

      TO USE RESPONSIBLY
      SOURCED PAPER
      PRODUCTS WHENEVER
      POSSIBLE.

  100%+

      CURRENTLY, 100% OF OUR

      FOREST- BASED FIBRE CARTONS

      ARE FSC CERTIFIED.


50%+

2025

 

WE ARE WORKING TO INCREASE
THE AMOUNT 
OF POST-
CONSUMER RECYCLED (PCR)

MATERIAL IN OUR PACKAGING
BY UP TO 50%, BY 
2025.

  OFFSETS

  CARBON

     M·A·C COSMETICS OFFSETS

     CARBON EMISSIONS FROM

     U.S SHIPPING*

​        *THE ESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES INC. IS FUNDING
        EMISSION REDUCTION PROJECTS TO OFFSET CO2E
        EMISSIONS AS A RESULT OF DELIVERIES MADE FROM
        OUR M·A·C US FULFILLMENT CENTER TO OUR
        CONSUMERS' DELIVERY ADDRESSES (EXCLUDES BUY
        ONLINE AND PICKUP IN STORE, AND SAME-DAY
        DELIVERY).

WIN - WIN!

WE OFFER AN ARRAY OF
CUSTOMIZABLE PALETTES THAT
YOU CAN REFILL AT YOUR LEISURE
– BASED ON YOUR LOOK OF THE
MOMENT – WHILE HELPING TO
MINIMIZE WASTE.

LETTERS REPRESENT UNDERTONE

MESSAGE US

We’re here and ready to answer all your questions about Back-To-M·A·C.
MON–FRI: 8AM–12AM EST
SAT–SUN: 10AM–8PM EST

NUMBERS REPRESENT SHADE DEPTH


M·A·C CARES

Explore all our initiatives dedicated to social justice and environmental responsibility.

START SENDING YOUR
EMPTIES BACK-TO-
M·A·C

  We encourage you to continue to bring back your
   empties in-store or online to be processed through
  the program and hope you'll follow us for updates
  as we further evolve the program for greater action
and impact.
Online returns: 2053 Meridian Place Hebron, KY
41048.


THANK YOU!
 

FOR JOINING US IN CREATING A
MORE SUSTAINABLE
AND SENSATIONAL WORLD FOR
ALL!