Biodegradable plastics offer innovative solutions to improve recycling quality by facilitating the means for more efficient separate waste collection, a new study reportedly confirms.
As part of its commitment to reducing industrial and product waste, L’Oréal has signed an agreement with Carios to implement bio-recycling on an industrial scale.
Euromonitor International, market research firm, recently held a webinar which covered how shifts in consumer behaviour have changed the way beauty and fashion brands need to present their products, their marketing and their retail channels.
Henkel has backed up its aims to increase packaging recycling as part of its core sustainability strategy by joining the New Plastics Economy Initiative (NPEC).
French bioplastics player Carbios says it has made significant advances in the production of PET oligomers made out of terephthalic acid derived from its biorecycling process of PET plastic bottles.
Unilever has unveiled a new technology that the FMCG company says will reduce sachet waste, an issue due to the ‘hundreds of billions’ of plastic sachets thrown away globally every year.
This Saturday is Earth Day, a global celebration that brings attention to environmental protection needs and initiatives. To coincide with the event, L’Oréal has release its 2016 progress report on the company’s sustainability efforts—known collectively...
Procter and Gamble has announced that its Head & Shoulders brand is set to produce the ‘world’s first’ recyclable shampoo bottle, made from up to 25% recycled beach plastic.
Ethical and sustainability claims are proving among the hottest trends right now, and a new way for formulators to tap into this heightened state of consumer consciousness is to reuse otherwise discarded materials.
Unilever has reached its latest zero non-hazardous waste to landfill achievement, announcing that over 600 Unilever sites in 70 countries have now reached this milestone, and that it will embark on a new collaboration to encourage others to follow suit.
Leading aerosol packaging provider Ball and hair care leader Henkel have co-developed a lightweight aluminum aerosol packaging for the Fa hair care brand.
Unilever has announced that it has reached its target of sending non-hazardous waste to landfill from its factories, and in the process avoided €200 million-worth of costs and created hundreds of jobs.
The study, with an entire section devoted to the personal care product category, ascertained which certification logos and language signify reliably for consumers and B2B decision makers.
Meeting consumer expectations regarding a beauty product and also using the most environmentally friendly packaging possible can lead to a conflict of interest and is the dilemma facing the cosmetics industry.
In the final part of CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com’s interview series with packaging expert Dr Benjamin Punchard, he explains the economical and environmental factors affecting the personal care market right now.
The issue of sustainability never seems to be far from the minds of cosmetics manufacturers, and L’Oreal USA’s latest green goal has been realized as its Garnier subsidiary develops the first community garden made from non-recyclable post-consumer beauty...
The manufacturer, well-known for brands like Gillette, has now achieved zero manufacturing waste to landfill in 45 of its facilities across the globe, a major step towards its long-term efforts to be more sustainable.
As consumers are growing more and more environmentally aware, this is leading to not only increasing pressure to develop natural formulations, but it is also driving demand for greener packaging.
According to the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers, the use of full body sleeve labels on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles has become the “number one contaminant issue” facing various packaging industries, including that of cosmetics.
Anglo-Dutch consumer products maker Unilever has teamed up with US-based environmental research company Earth911 to try and establish if it is economically viable to recycle deodorant packaging.
The PET Resin Association (PETRA) has launched a model to evaluate resin variations in terms of likely market presence and impact on the quality of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
A new European wide certification and audit scheme is to be rolled out in 2013 to implement standards on post-consumer plastics recycling to give the consumer the assurance that they are buying eco-friendly products.
UK-based Lush has formed a partnership with eco-manufacturer Remarkable to ensure its plastic packaging can be recycled an infinite number of times in line with efforts to minimise its environmental impact.
A European Commission funded project developing packaging made from cheese by-products for the cosmetics and food industries is holding two workshops about the project in Italy and Hungary.
A UK-based packaging firm is finally bringing its eco-friendly and cost saving refill packaging, Twistub, to market and is specifically targeting cosmetic brands.
Cosmetics provider Ringana and packaging manufacturer Lumson have made fully recyclable airless cosmetic packaging available with the launch of new skin care line ‘Rifresh’.
PET packaging company APPE, has won the ‘Beyond the Package’ award from the Greener Package Awards, for its initiatives in recycled PET production and its 100 per cent remanufacture of material into packaging applications.
Aptar Beauty and Home has scooped a Gold award at the DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation for its recyclable Eden all plastic airless dispenser that can be used for a variety of cosmetics products including moisturisers, sun care and hair styling products.
Implementing sustainable packaging in an affordable way dominates the global packaging industry for consumer packaged goods according to science-based products and services company DuPont.
The need to package consumer products in a more sustainable and affordable way dominates the worldwide packaging industry, according to DuPont’s global survey of consumer packaged goods companies and packaging converters.
Garnier has taken strides towards reducing waste and upping its sustainability drive having announced an exclusive partnership with green company TerraCycle.
P&G says that it will strive to certify all new production facilities according to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certifcation standards.
With Organic Monitor predicting an increase in the take up of sustainable packaging initiatives by beauty companies in 2011, the topic promises to a focus of industry events this year.
A focus on reducing packaging by eco-design and light weighting and using recycled materials is expected from cosmetics and personal care companies in 2011, according to Organic Monitor.
Plastics manufacturer APPE (previously known as Artenius PET Packaging) is investing heavily in a new printing facility for its PET bottles and containers, aimed at providing personal care product differentiation.
The conference programme for next week’s Luxe Pack Monaco event will include a must attend symposium concentrating on how to make green packaging pay dividends.
Europe's representative board for plastic recycling has criticised a report released by SRI Consulting (SRIC) that questioned the recycling of PET, stating it inconsistent with the move towards a recycling society.
Johnsen & Jorgensen, a UK-based packaging supplier, has entered into a distribution deal with Artenius PET Packaging UK to release a new environmentally-friendly range of recycled PET bottles for the cosmetics industry.
Consumers would probably give a firm ‘no’in response to this question. But scratch the surface a little harder and it becomes evident that there is more than a little truth to the statement.
Unilever has pledged to sustainably source all its paper and board packaging within ten years as part of its plan to double its business size while reducing environmental impact.
New sustainable materials and technologies need to be evaluated to really understand what they can bring to a product, according to luxury rigid box manufacturer, Knoll Packaging.
According to the French environmental organisation, Eco-Emballages, the sorting of household packaging waste for recycling is far more common than sorting bathroom waste.
Organic and natural certification body Ecocert will be modifying its rules on cosmetics packaging as more information becomes available about the resource consumption of materials.
