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.
01
Return your clean, empty products to a participating M·A·C counter in-store.
02
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!
03
The packaging that cannot be recycled will be converted into 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
BESTSELLERS
Look good with these Superstars now, then do good by returning them in-store when you’re done via Back-To-M·A·C.
BEST-SELLER
M·A·CStack Mascara
Mega Brush

M·A·CStack Mascara

VOLUMIZING, CLUMP-RESISTANT, STACKABLE
155 AED
Add to Bag
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Powder Kiss Lipstick
Mull It Over

Powder Kiss Lipstick

Weightless Soft Matte, Moisturizing, Blurs Lines and Smooths Lips
130 AED
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BEST-SELLER
Powder Kiss Liquid Lipcolour
Date-Maker

Powder Kiss Liquid Lipcolour

Moisture-Matte Liquid Lipcolour, Soft-Focus/Blurred Colour, 10-Hour Weightless Moisture
140 AED
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BEST-SELLER
Lip Pencil
Soar

Lip Pencil

Ultra-Precise, Versatile, Pro-Approved
100 AED
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BUY ONLINE, PICK UP IN-STORE

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 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.

THANK YOU!
FOR JOINING US IN CREATING A MORE SUSTAINABLE
AND SENSATIONAL WORLD FOR ALL!