ECO BEAUTY

IF YOU WERE ONE OF THE thousands that watched the BBC’s Blue Planet II last year, you won’t be surprised to hear that 88 per cent of people that saw it changed their behaviour as a result. The shocking scenes of albatross parents feeding plastic to their chicks or a turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril had a dramatic effect. Combatting plastic usage has been identified as the number one trend this year among UK consumers, with attitudes to single-use plastic bags, disposable plastic straws and packaging shifting dramatically. But it’s not only food packaging or plastic bags putting the environment at risk… those creams on your bathroom shelf can be as bad as the plastic straw in your drink.

Last year, the beauty sector generated more than 142 billion units