Plastic Packaging

rePurpose wants beauty brands to think about plastic beyond the recycling bin

07-Apr-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Plastic packaging is important in the beauty industry and rePurpose Global wants to create impactful accountability for plastic waste made by personal care brands.

Special Edition: CIRCULAR BEAUTY – SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION AND FUTURE PROMISE

Kao: ‘Maximising and minimising’ key to zero-waste circular beauty future

07-Apr-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Japanese personal care major Kao Corporation believes achieving a circular society will require a delicate balance of minimising beauty materials and maximising use, with thin-film packaging offering plenty of promise.

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L’Oréal exec: The future of beauty packaging is ‘eco-desirability’

03-Mar-2022 By Kacey Culliney

The future of beauty packaging will centre on blending sustainability with desirability and rely on innovative industry partnerships and advances in material science, lifecycle analysis and smart product design, says L’Oréal’s global director of sustainable...

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Eastman Renew expanding into France with support of 5 beauty companies

11-Feb-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Advanced-recycling plastic resin supplier Eastman Renew is expanding into France by 2025 with the support of five beauty companies committing to supply contracts. CosmeticsDesign spoke with to Tara Cary, segment market manager for Cosmetics and Personal...

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Cosmetics brands performing well in shift to recycled plastic, require wholistic goals for real results

03-Jan-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Environmental solutions platform Ubuntoo recently released their 2021 report on corporate plastic packaging goals, with three cosmetics companies or cosmetics-owning multinationals among the best performing.

European Patent Office: Cosmetics and detergents ‘innovating most intensely’ in bioplastics

21-Oct-2021 By Kacey Culliney

The cosmetic and detergent categories are innovating most intensely in bioplastic technologies worldwide, with Europe and the US leading the charge, finds a study from the European Patent Office (EPO).

Waste not: Unilever files patent on coloured post-consumer resin beauty packaging

12-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Unilever has developed sustainable black packaging made from layered post-consumer resin materials, breathing new life into plastic previously treated as waste.

‘Start with the dream and build backwards’: Beauty must tackle sustainability challenges post-COVID

07-Jul-2021 By Shane Starling

As COVID and climate crisis-shaken consumers demand more from beauty, experts believe there remain hurdles in packaging, brand communication and supply chain logistics before industry reaches the zero-waste dream.

‘A strong signal’: Beiersdorf, Henkel, L’Oréal and Unilever sign Ellen MacArthur statement for mandatory industry responsibility in recycling

22-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Several beauty and personal care majors have joined 100+ businesses in signing a statement from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation calling for recycling costs and responsibilities to be extended to industry.

Beauty makers and industry suppliers sign on to Golden Design Rules

10-Dec-2020 By Deanna Utroske

The rules are an initiative of Canada – based Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Plastic Waste Coalition of Action. And already companies like Unilever, J&J, Henkel Canada, and Colgate-Palmolive are supporting the initiative, which aims to ensure “no plastic...

Is this recyclable? Global study finds plastic packaging labels ‘confusing and inconsistent’

19-May-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Labels designed to inform consumers about the recyclability or disposability of plastic packaging create confusion worldwide and industry must address this collectively and urgently, says the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Consumers International.

L’Oréal Brandstorm 2020 challenges students to eliminate plastic from the beauty industry

08-Oct-2019 By Deanna Utroske

The beauty maker has been hosting a global innovation competition for university students for over 25 years. The 2020 challenge got underway this month and the task at hand is to help create a plastic-free future.

Unilever to halve virgin plastic use by 2025: ‘The majority is in home care and personal care’

07-Oct-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Unilever will slash use of virgin plastic in half by 2025, cutting use completely or using alternatives such as cardboard, bamboo and recycled materials.

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Big beauty makers and retailers get serious about reducing plastic packaging waste

24-Jan-2018 By Deanna Utroske

At the start of this week, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation launched a new initiative to change the way plastic comes and goes in the world. The New Plastics Economy involves corporations, local government leaders, academics, NGOs, and other stakeholders...