Sustainability

BVO's Return for Cash Program, formerly Empties Return Program is the only program in the cosmetics industry that truly prevents plastics and trash from being disposed on our environment.

How it all started

The beauty industry produces around 120 billion pieces of packaging each year, most of which is made out of plastic and unrecyclable plastics that end up in the trash, rivers and oceans. 

With the average consumer using 5 to 10 products daily in just their grooming routine, between shampoos, conditioners, deodorants, tooth paste, lotions and others, without including the number of products we women use — concealers, foundations, eye shadows, lipstick, blush, mascara, eyeliners, — we realize early on in our inception we needed to contain and reduce our own problem as much as possible rather than become one more problem.

Every cosmetics company is part of the problem.

All those one-time-use empty containers, lids and attachments — pumps, sprayers, and droppers — including ours, were ending up in landfills year after year.

 

Finding a Solution

  • No more plastics

    Addressing the issue of beauty product waste required a commitment to accountability for every container that left our facility. This was no small challenge.

    1. Reducing Plastic Usage: Plastics have become nearly indispensable in the beauty industry, a material that many find hard to renounce. However, our commitment to the environment led us to a significant reduction in plastic use. By eliminating plastics, we achieved a 95% reduction in our product packaging, creatively rethinking how we utilize the remaining 5%.
    2. Prioritizing Glass: We opted against using plastic bottles, tubes, bags, jars and toppers for our products. Instead, we adopted glass bottles and jars, which are more sustainable and align with our commitment to environmental responsibility.
    3. Repurposing Small Plastic Components: Essential for dispensing products, components like lotion and shampoo pumps, sprayers for misters and toners, and droppers for our award-winning serums needed a sustainable approach. We designed a program to reuse these items multiple times, significantly extending their lifespan and reducing their presence in global waste streams.
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How does it all work

  • Order a refill. Keep the top.

    1. Order a refill before your product runs out.
    2. Refill bottles do not come plastic toppers — pumps, sprayers or droppers —, but metal caps.
    3. Remove the topper from your product. Wash, rinse and sanitize the empty the topper, and attach to the refill bottle.
    4. Return the empty bottle back to us.
    5. As a thank you for doing the right thing, you will receive a Gift-Certificate.

    We will wash, sterilize and refill your bottle giving each component of our products an endless life cycle for a cleaner, trash free planet for real.

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READY TO GET STARTED?

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ORDER A REFILL

Before your product runs out, order a refill.

*Refills are shipped without toppers, sealed with metal caps or lids.

WASH THE TOPS

Remove pumps, sprayers and droppers from your empty bottles.

  1. Wash them. Fill a glass with water and dish soap. Pump the soapy solution through the system until fully clean and free of product residue. Repeat as many times as necessary.
  2. Rinse. Fill a glass with clean water. Pump water through the system to rinse off the soapy water.
  3. Sanitize. Pump rubbing alcohol through to disinfect the system. Shake off/pump out the excess before reuse.

SEND THEM EMPTIES BACK

1• Remove metal cap from your refill, and replace with your now clean topper — pump, sprayer, or dropper.

2• Rinse the empty bottle to remove all product residue. Tightly screw on the metal cap from your refill onto the bottle to spillage.

3• Mail back your empties, collect a minimum of 5 empty containers to receive a paid return shipping label.

* Do not remove the labels. We only accept our own product containers. Containers without labels won't be accepted.

RETURN YOUR EMPTIES

To receive a return label a minimum of 5 empties are required. If mailing only 1 or 2 empties please purchase a shipping label from any local shipping company.

  1. For individual containers, pack your empties safely in a suitable box and attach the label you've purchase from USPS or any other shipping company.
  2. If you're mailing 5 or more empties, we will provide you with a shipping label and box for you to return the empties back to us.

Instructions on where to mail your empties will be provided via email once you've sent the form below.

YOUR REWARD

RETURN UP TO 4 EMPTIES:

10% off code you can use on your next order.

RETURN 5 OR MORE EMPTIES:

20% off code you can use on your next order.

Once your empties are received in our facility, inspected and approved you will receive and email with your reward code.

WHAT DOESN'T COUNT

  • Soap boxes. You can place those in your recycling bin with newspapers and cardboard.
  • Containers that aren't ours.
  • Metal tin cans. These can be safely placed in the recycle bin.
  • Containers without labels. These won't be accepted and won't count towards your refund. Make sure to place each component in the correct bin.
  • Toppers, (droppers, sprayers or pumps). Please don't include these or throw them out. These can be reused with your refill bottles. See WASH THE TOPS tab above.

REQUEST AN EMPTIES RETURN

Use the form below to request a Return Authorization Number for your empties. We will email you with instructions on how to safely return your empties.

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