Recycling Market – part 1
A top-line overview of recycling streams and current recycling capabilities in the world, that will help you understand how to create products for a circular economy. Experts and companies offering new solutions for collection and recycling will give you an real understanding of the current end-of-life of your products. This
Relax, don't do, when you wanna go and do it
The title sounds familiar? Have a listen… it shall help you to relax... We are going on a break for the next 4 weeks. We will still be working in the background, like little bees in their beehive, but we will stop our communications. We are very happy with what
Case Study - interview with Beauty Kitchen
Co-founded by Jo Chidley, Beauty Kitchen launched the first zero waste program with "Return, Refill, Repeat" scheme in the UK. They've created a return by Post or in-store refill taking care of the entire logistic - collecting, cleaning and transporting empties - and working with brands
Are you on a break yet? ... not sure sustainability is
Do you want to take a break from all the buzz that 2021 has brought. I thought it was going to be smoother this year, but it was really busy, and I didn’t really have time to think, let alone have some perspective. Did you find the time? re-sources.
LOOP from TerraCycle - How does it work in Beauty
We've interviewed Stephen Clarke, Head of Communications in the UK Loop is a global reuse platform enabled by a multistakeholder coalition of manufacturers, retailers, and consumers that aims to Eliminating the Idea of Waste®. Loop operates a global reverse supply chain - collecting used packaging from consumers and
Sustainability in beauty: what is your solution
When looking for sustainable solutions in beauty, I realised there was a lot of contradictory information, biased opinions, and a very diverse range of incompatible solutions. And you wouldn’t know they were incompatible until you tried them. Hence developing a content to provide clarity and cut through the noise!
Case Study - an interview with Credo Beauty
Credo beauty has been setting "clean beauty" standards in the American market with strong guidelines on prohibited ingredients. They've also released sustainable packaging guidelines that give us an insights and what the market expectation regarding sustainability will be like. In a 15 minutes conversation with Mia
Sustainability in beauty: how much time do you have
I bet you can’t wait to be on a summer vacation? I don’t know about you, but I feel like this year, after yet other lockdowns, it would be nice to get out and breathe. To take a step back, and gain some perspective also on the year
Case Study - an interview with BYBI beauty
pioneering sustainability since the inception of its beauty brand, BYBI has been pushing the boundaries of innovations with the first beauty formula to launch with Bakuchiol extract (natural retinol-like), the first beauty brand to use ShellWorks, innovation bacteria-made compostable packaging, with their Glow Currant booster. Here is a live interview
Sampling - sachets
In this presentation we will cover the case of samples and how they are made, and which choices you can make to improve their environmental impact. We will cover flexible samples, cards and glass samples. LEARNING OBJECTIVES * To learn about the sampling possibilities available in the market * To increase knowledge
Summer vibes, frugal vibes
As we eat less, use less energy, how else can we reduce our energy consumption in the summer? Is it the same with beauty products? How can we reduce our impact on the environment? We still live in a paradigm based on a want-buy-discard mindset, and a lot of us
A sense of achievement
This week, the first re-sources cohort of beauty professionals is starting the “sustainable beauty packaging” course. It feels like a sense of achievement to release our content to our fellow pros. It was a year ago when I had the idea. Bringing sustainability, product development and innovation together in the