Upcircle

Upcircle

100% cruelty-free skincare products made with used coffee grounds

What does this brand sell?

Skincare products: moisturisers, creams, cleansers, exfoliators, masks, among others.

United Kingdom

Vegan/ vegetarian?
100% Vegan
Delivery
No details are available regarding delivery methods
Transportation mode
Unknown
Vegan / vegetarian
100% Vegan
Delivery
No details are available regarding delivery methods
Transportation Mode
Unknown

Does this brand offset carbon emissions and/or implement circular business practices?

Refill Scheme and recycling scheme of some of their packaging products.

About The Company

Get the ins and outs

UpCircle was founded in the UK in 2016 and uses plant-based products such as coffee grounds and brewed chai tea spices to make skincare products. Back in 2015, the founders had a thought: how much is going to waste from coffee shops in London? And that’s when they decided they needed to find a way to give those coffee grounds a new lease of life and UpCircle was born.

To leave the world better than we found it by transforming ingredients that would otherwise be discarded into natural, organic beauty products.

  • UpCircle rescued over 20 ingredients from the waste stream, transforming them into premium skincare essentials.
  • Named a top 5 finalist for SKY TV’s awards, a pivotal moment to spread their message of “circular beauty” to mainstream audiences
  • UpCircle is Plastic Negative certified – they remove more plastic than they create.

In 2021, they started the process of applying for the Leaping Bunny qualification which guarantees that no animals were used in the development of the products. It was awarded.

By 2024, Upcycled and refillable perfumes are set to emerge.

UpCircle aims to expand into new product categories

2021 BOOM Vest of Organic Market Awards – Winner

2022 Natural Health Beauty Awards – Winner

2022 Flamour Beauty Power List

2022 CEW UK – Responsible Beauty – Winner

2023 Global Excellence Awards

And many more

Product details

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Store locator

For UK: Various shops across the UK such as Sainsbury's and Holland & Barret. See stockists here 

For EU: Various shops across the EU. See stockists here

Delivery To* (Website)

EU and UK

Subscription

Upcircle offers a subscription where you will save 15% at checkout. Your products will be sent to you without having to lift a finger! You can skip or cancel your subscription at any time.

Store locator

For UK: Various shops across the UK such as Sainsbury's and Holland & Barret. See stockists here 

For EU: Various shops across the EU. See stockists here

Delivery To* (Website)

EU and UK

Packaging/packaging materials

  • 99% Plastic-free and have plastic-free refill options for the remaining 1%.
  • The fliers and booklets are made from recycled used coffee cups.
  • The glass bottle, cardboard, plastic pump, and lids are 100% recyclable.
  • Collection scheme - you can ship back your packaging for refilling.

Donations / partnerships

Partnership with TerraCycle - a recycling company

Subscription

Upcircle offers a subscription where you will save 15% at checkout. Your products will be sent to you without having to lift a finger! You can skip or cancel your subscription at any time.

Ingredients

Plant-based and upcycled ingredients: coffee, fruit stones, kiwi juice, fruit waters, maple bark, date seeds, bergamot juice, blueberry extract, and chai spices.

Fully sourced and manufactured in Europe?

No

Certifications

  • B Corp
  • Leaping Bunny - Cruelty Free
  • Vegan Society - Vegan Trademark

Ingredients

Plant-based and upcycled ingredients: coffee, fruit stones, kiwi juice, fruit waters, maple bark, date seeds, bergamot juice, blueberry extract, and chai spices.

Fully sourced and manufactured in Europe?

No

Packaging/packaging materials

  • 99% Plastic-free and have plastic-free refill options for the remaining 1%.
  • The fliers and booklets are made from recycled used coffee cups.
  • The glass bottle, cardboard, plastic pump, and lids are 100% recyclable.
  • Collection scheme - you can ship back your packaging for refilling.

Donations / partnerships

Partnership with TerraCycle - a recycling company

Certifications

  • B Corp
  • Leaping Bunny - Cruelty Free
  • Vegan Society - Vegan Trademark

in depth production details

Analyze their supply chain: from the sourcing of raw materials to the people who make the product

Maple Bark Extract is from Canada.

The rest of the materials are unknown.

Eye cream = EUR 24.99

Face mask = EUR 24.99

Face scrub = EUR 22.99

Perfume = EUR 75.00

Over 90% of their product range can be sent back to them for refilling, which will result in a lower carbon footprint compared to buying a new full product.

No information on this is provided by the brand.

No information on this is provided by the brand.

No animals were used in the manufacturing process of these products.

UpCircle uses quality ingredients such as coffee grounds and other natural byproducts that otherwise would be sent to landfills. 1/3 of all food produced is wasted and they have managed to transform over 250 tonnes of coffee grounds into their skincare products.

They have also partnered with TerraCycle and You can send them back your pipette/dropper and they with make new products out of it.

No toxic materials are used in the manufacturing process of these skincare products.

No information on this is provided by the brand.

Further reading

No more information regarding sustainability reports, life cycle analyses or impact reports is available.

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