REN calls time on beauty industry’s over-use of plastic packaging

Published: 25-Apr-2018
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The brand’s CEO says the industry is one of the “worst offenders” when it comes to the over-use of non-recyclable packaging

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REN calls time on beauty industry’s over-use of plastic packaging

REN Clean Skincare’s CEO has called out the beauty industry as one of the “worst offenders” when it comes to the over-use of packaging.

Arnaud Meysselle said that an “alarming” percentage of

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