Plastic Packaging

Results from UN INC-4 negotiations on a global plastics treaty

30-May-2024 By Cassandra Stern

The fourth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee advanced the draft text for a global treaty on plastic pollution, emphasizing sustainable packaging and waste management, critical for cosmetics and personal care manufacturers.

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.

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.

BIG BRAND TALKS – IN CONVERSATION WITH TODAY’S BEAUTY LEADERS

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...

Q&A

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...

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.

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.

‘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.

‘Open innovation’: Beiersdorf co-publishes 'standard’ on cosmetic grade recyclates

14-Apr-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Beiersdorf has co-published a guidance document on the suitability of post-consumer recyclates in cosmetic grade packaging that it says should fuel urgently needed change.

Garnier global brand president: ‘2020 was a wakeup call to protect our planet’

08-Jan-2021 By Kacey Culliney

Sustainable living and environmental actions are top of the agenda for consumers across the globe in 2021, proving the importance of green beauty offerings, says L’Oréal’s Garnier president.

A Plastic Planet calls for ban on ‘valueless’ single-use beauty sachets

09-Dec-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Environmental campaign group A Plastic Planet has penned an open letter to the European Union and UK government calling for sample sachets to be included in single-use plastic bans, calling out the personal care and beauty industry as a leading cause...

Beiersdorf to publish ‘industry standard’ on cosmetic grade recycled plastics by end of 2020

13-Nov-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Beiersdorf is primed to publish its industry standard defining cosmetic grade recycled plastic suitability by the end of this year; a standard it co-developed with two specialist German companies.

The long-read: In-depth on L’Oréal’s ‘For the Future’ 2030 Sustainability Plan

‘Entering a new era’: L’Oréal outlines 2030 sustainability goals on plastics, carbon emissions and more

29-Jun-2020 By Kacey Culliney

L’Oréal has outlined a range of sustainability measures in its ‘for the future’ program, including 2030 targets for all plastic packaging to be recycled or bio-based, all sites and centres to be carbon neutral and 95% of ingredients to be bio-based, derived...

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.

Recycled plastic challenges can be ‘designed out’, says CTPA chief

12-May-2020 By Kacey Culliney

Using recycled plastics in beauty packaging comes with many regulatory and technical hurdles, but these can all be designed out with the right knowledge and collaborative effort, says the director-general of the UK Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association...

Bio-based plastics to shrink beauty’s carbon footprint: ‘Have you got an appetite to do this?’

14-Oct-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty and personal care manufacturers should consider switching to bio-based polythene for secondary packaging as it can plummet overall carbon footprint, says the MD of Polythene UK.

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.

The eco beauty package: ‘Mass brands need to step up more’

18-Sep-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Sustainable packaging innovation must roll out across mass beauty and personal care if any real strides are to be made, and Western European consumers are largely ready for changes, says a Kantar Worldpanel research director.

The eco consumer: Western Europe has highest number of ‘vocal’ environmental advocates

16-Sep-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Western Europe has the highest number of consumers consistently working to reduce plastic waste, with many opting for reusable beauty products or those without plastic packaging, finds Kantar Worldpanel.

Cosmetics amnesty! Weleda and TerraCycle run empties return program for London Beauty Week

11-Sep-2019 By Kacey Culliney

Weleda is handing out free product samples in exchange for empty cosmetic packs during London Beauty Week – part of a bigger drive to spark conversation around sustainable packaging, it says.