Packaging & Design

‘Climate-positive future’: Beiersdorf unveils eco-valves and PCR aluminium cans across Nivea aerosol ranges

02-Dec-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Beiersdorf is rolling out climate-friendly valves and post-consumer recycled (PCR) aluminium cans across its core Nivea aerosol ranges, supporting a significant reduction in overall environmental footprint.

Herbal Essences to use new recycling technology in packaging to decrease use of virgin plastic

18-Nov-2021 By Ravyn Cullor

Haircare brand Herbal Essences announced they will be implementing a resin derived from an advanced-recycling technology which turns waste plastic in molecularly virgin plastic.

Smart and green: How NFC-enabled packaging can help beauty brands aid the environment as well as drive engagement

04-Nov-2021 By Amanda Lim

NFC-enabled packaging can help to minimise the environmental impact of product packaging, in addition to boosting engagement with consumers, claims a company that has recently worked with Paco Rabanne.

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).

Sustainable, functional, beautiful: Chanel unveils biobased perfume cap

14-Oct-2021 By Kacey Culliney

French luxury fashion house Chanel has co-developed a biobased bottle cap for one of its perfume collections with Finnish startup Sulapac, made from a blend of renewable materials including wood chips.

Shroom protection: Mushroom Material targets cosmetics sector with sustainable alternative to styrofoam and cardboard packaging

28-Sep-2021 By Guan Yu Lim

New Zealand start-up Mushroom Material has developed a sustainable mushroom-based material as an alternative to polystyrene styrofoam and cardboard packaging and is targeting the cosmetics sector for its first products.

Eco prestige: Estée Lauder to launch ‘more responsible’ Clinique bottles

16-Sep-2021 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major Estée Lauder Companies has partnered with French moulding specialist Roctool and packaging firm Pinard Beauty Pack to develop a reduced-waste prestige skin care bottle.

Tesco extends Loop partnership: CEO says reuse could be ‘game-changing’

13-Sep-2021 By Kacey Culliney

UK retail giant Tesco has extended its partnership with TerraCycle spin-off Loop to roll out in-store dedicated fixtures offering a range of consumer goods in durable, waste-free packaging designed to be returned, industrially cleaned and reused.

Beauty packaging future? ‘Smarter, simpler and more sustainable’: WGSN

01-Sep-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Packaging and product designs that simplify beauty routines and reduce consumption will be key moving forward, as consumers turn to brands for help limiting impact on the planet, says WGSN.

Estée Lauder files duo of patents for cooling and heating beauty devices

20-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Prestige beauty major Estée Lauder Companies has developed a reusable pump device that simultaneously cools and dispenses product and a single-use cosmetic pad with a self-heating function and preloaded formulation.

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.

Smart skin: Amorepacific to use wearable device to develop cosmetics for specific environmental needs

11-Aug-2021 By Amanda Lim

South Korean cosmetics firm Amorepacific said it intends to use the sweat-proof wearable skin measurement device it developed with MIT to produce cosmetic products according to environmental needs.

Eco-friendly sampling: Origin Group targets beauty with recyclable single-use 'snap' sachets

05-Aug-2021 By Kacey Culliney

UK packaging firm Origin Group has developed a single-dose recyclable sachet that snaps open for easy, sustainable use across cosmetics, skin care and hair care – industries where sampling demands remain high.

British Beauty Council CEO: Industry must ‘take responsibility’ in ‘enormous’ plastics challenge

14-Jul-2021 By Lynda Searby

The beauty industry needs to shun consumerism, stop confusing consumers and invest in infrastructure, packaging technology and manufacturing if it is to begin to address the enormous plastic challenge, says the CEO of the British Beauty Council.

‘A big step’: The Body Shop believes reuse and refill habit will ‘definitely’ become mainstream in Singapore

13-Jul-2021 By Amanda Lim

The Body Shop has begun rolling out in-store refill services in Singapore where it believes the reuse and refill habit will become mainstream among beauty consumers.