Packaging & Design

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.

‘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.

L’Oréal to launch ‘infinitely recyclable’ Biotherm bottle in 2025

24-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal has co-developed a plastic cosmetics bottle with French biotech specialist Carbios, made using fully recycled PET via an enzymatic recycling technology that also makes it infinitely recyclable.

TerraCycle CEO: The macro-economic climate for robust recycling is ‘going in the wrong direction’

23-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

A robust global recycling market is a long way off and will need favourable macro-economic changes, fast-paced industry innovation and wider engagement from all stakeholders in the supply chain, says the CEO of TerraCycle.

‘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.

‘Could be a gamechanger': Unilever to expand in-store refill and reuse trials across UK

16-Jun-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Unilever is ramping up its refill and reuse trials in UK retailers, adding a ‘return on the go’ system for convenient in-store collection and return of pre-filled stainless-steel bottles across key brands.

New life for old plastics: Kao furthers circular beauty goals with plans to use chemically recycled plastics for cosmetics

14-Jun-2021 By Amanda Lim

Japanese personal care major Kao Corporation has piloted a new initiative to use chemically recycled plastic for its cosmetics packaging in effort to further its efforts to improve its circularity.