If you or someone you know wears make-up, chances are at some point you have tried Mary Kay. with a sales force of close to 2 milion people, it's hard not to be familiar with the brand and it's signature pink packaging. But the Texas based company also like things a little green.
At the Mary Kay distribution center in Carrollton, they're moving thousands of boxes a day and that means a lot of packaging. "We know that what we do today will affect the next generation," says Crayton Webb with Mary Kay.
Mary Kay is trying to lead the way with its pink doing green program. Consultants and customers are encouraged to recycle compacts.
Webb says, "We decided to engage in a compact recycling program, and we asked all of our independent sales force members to bring back their previous pink and black compacts and for every compact we got back we pledged to plant a tree up to 100-thousand trees."
The most recent initiative is a change in their packaging peanuts. "These peanuts are made out of corn and potato starch," says Shelly Miller with Mary Kay.
The peanuts are so bio-friendly they dissolve in water.
Miller says, "We feel that protecting the environment and also protecting our product is best."
At the plant, Mary Kay also offers premiere parking for it's employees who carpool and incentives for those who use public transportation.