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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Australian personal and home care manufacturer Natures Organics has launched a range of refillable hair care products as sustainable packaging is rapidly becoming an “expectation” from Australian consumers.
Nearly 1 year ago, Eastman introduced a new portfolio of beauty packaging materials made with a percentage of plastic that had gone through the company’s molecular recycling process. Now LVMH is putting a luxury lip product from Dior on the shelf in Eastman...
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Combining beauty tools with topicals for enhanced efficacy and improved usability is a gap in the market with plenty of promise that brands haven’t quite found yet, says Jo Barnard, founder and creative director of Morrama.
Shiseido-owned ELIXIR is targeting to convert all of the brand’s flagship products into a refillable format by 2025 as part of the multinational’s sustainability goals.
Health care major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has partnered with packaging specialists Albéa and EPL to develop fully recyclable laminated toothpaste tubes, with a first launch under Sensodyne set for Europe this year.
Unilever will launch recyclable toothpaste tubes in India and France – two of Unilever’s biggest oral care markets – as part of its bid to convert its entire global toothpaste portfolio to recyclable tubes by 2025.
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![A raft of beauty, food, beverage, retail and NGO majors are calling for changes to existing recycling systems - calling for every packaging stakeholder to take on costs via Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2021/06/22/ellen-macarthur-foundation-extended-producer-responsibility-for-packaging-statement-signed-by-beauty-brands/12583504-1-eng-GB/Ellen-MacArthur-Foundation-Extended-Producer-Responsibility-for-packaging-statement-signed-by-beauty-brands.jpg)
![Unilever will continue to upscale its 'refill on the go' trials where consumers can fill up stainless-steel bottles at refill stations but it will also trial in-aisle prefilled bottles to see if uptake is better [Image: Unilever]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2021/06/16/unilever-expands-refill-and-reuse-trials-in-uk-in-partnership-with-beauty-kitchen-return.refill.repeat/12569802-1-eng-GB/Unilever-expands-refill-and-reuse-trials-in-UK-in-partnership-with-Beauty-Kitchen-Return.Refill.Repeat.jpg)
![Kao Corporation has piloted a new initiative to use chemically recycled plastic for its cosmetics packaging. [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/headlines/brand-innovation/kao-furthers-circular-beauty-goals-with-plans-to-use-chemically-recycled-plastics-for-cosmetics/12546635-1-eng-GB/Kao-furthers-circular-beauty-goals-with-plans-to-use-chemically-recycled-plastics-for-cosmetics.jpg)
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![ELIXIR is targeting to convert all of the brand’s flagship products into a refillable format by 2025. [Shiseido / ELIXIR]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/headlines/packaging-design/shiseido-s-elixir-aiming-for-all-key-products-to-be-refillable-by-2025/12503918-1-eng-GB/Shiseido-s-ELIXIR-aiming-for-all-key-products-to-be-refillable-by-2025.jpg)
![GSK will start the transition to fully recyclable toothpaste tubes under its Sensodyne Pronamel brand in Europe this July [Image: GlaxoSmithKline/Albéa]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2021/05/25/glaxosmithkline-to-convert-toothpaste-tubes-to-fully-recyclable-including-sensodyne-aquafresh/12509134-1-eng-GB/GlaxoSmithKline-to-convert-toothpaste-tubes-to-fully-recyclable-including-Sensodyne-Aquafresh.jpg)
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