Back To MAC | MAC Cosmetics |

BACK-TO-M·A·C

IMPROVING OUR
SUSTAINABILITY FOR OVER
30 YEARS

Done with your M·A·C products? Return your clean, empty products in-store or online to recycle. What is not recycled is converted to energy. Be part of the solution for a more beautiful tomorrow – today!

M·A·C SHARES
YOUR
COMMITMENT
TO THE PLANET

We’re continuing to evolve our
efforts toward helping reduce our
environmental impact and remain
dedicated to improving our
longstanding pioneer take-back
program, Back-To-M·A·C.

30 YEARS OF

SUSTAINABLE

RECYCLING

DID YOU
KNOW...

Most makeup packaging isn’t accepted by your local recycling service, so we created the Back-To-M·A·C program over 30 years ago to help create a place for makeup packaging in the circular economy.

490,000
POUNDS

of containers were processed in the calendar year 2020 in North America!

30 YEARS OF

SUSTAINABLE

RECYCLING

HOW MUCH?!
That's right!
That's the
Equivalent to
Over 1,600,000
Lipsticks - and
We're excited to
Keep the
momentum
going!

30 YEARS OF

SUSTAINABLE

RECYCLING

HELP GIVE

YOUROLD M·A·C

PRODUCTS

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.

Return your clean, empty products to a participating M·A·C counter* in-store or ONLINE.

Back-To-M·A·C

SUSTAINABLE

RECYCLING

If they can be recycled, they’ll 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!**

Back-To-M·A·C

SUSTAINABLE

RECYCLING

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

Back-To-M·A·C

SUSTAINABLE

RECYCLING

*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.

M·A·C
BEST-SELLERS

Look good with these Superstars now, then do good by returning them in-store or online when you’re done via Back-To-M·A·C.

BESTSELLER

BEST SELLER

TRY IT ON

TRENDING

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

LETS TALK

M·A·C CARES

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

LEARN MORE

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!