The other day, I was clearing out out-of-date and half-finished products from my two groaning beauty cabinets to clear a way for incoming, and wondering how on earth I was going to bribe the garbos to take it.

Then I heard about TerraCycle. This company has joined with L'Oreal Australia to create a free recycling solution for all used beauty products, called the Beauty Products Recycling Program.

There is finally a good solution for your used beauty products that doesn't involve throwing everything into landfill. Credit:Stocksy

How it works here

L'Oreal Australia and its brands Garnier, L'Oreal Paris and Maybelline are putting out the word for consumers to collect all their empty beauty products (not just the L'Oreal ones) and send them to TerraCycle.