Packaging

Sustainable beauty packaging news and innovations. Turn your beauty and luxury portfolio into more sustainable solutions

Eva Lagarde
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Key trends from refillable cosmetics to anhydrous formulas...

What are the current trends to make your beauty products more sustainable and how can you truly engage with consumers. We'll take you first to the definition of sustainable beauty, so we make it clear, what sustainability in beauty stands for. Then we'll demonstrate the trend


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Thermoformed sample & single dose

There are two main types of sampling solutions: * Sachets * Thermoformed doses In the current presentation we will focus on the thermoformed doses and their environmental impact and how you can make them eco-friendly KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES * Learn about the current market context of thermoformed samples * Understand how the thermoformed process


Eva Lagarde
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Biodegradability - How does it work?

This report will try to describe in details how biodegradability works, with the following objectives: * Understand the terminology of ‘compostability’ * Gain knowledge about current regulations from Europe, USA and Japan * Gain knowledge about the difference between biodegradability and industrial composting * Understand how industrial composting works * Learn about applications of compostability


Eva Lagarde
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Aluminium and the beauty industry

SUSTAINABILITY ALUMINIUM & ENERGY As mentioned in a previous article, Aluminium sourcing energy intensity has decreased in the last 30 years and will keep decreasing with innovations and new agreements on sustainable energy. Aluminium production also generates greenhouse gases and this will be improved as manufacturers improve their process. Energy


Eva Lagarde
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Aluminium - context & sourcing

Understanding about aluminium sourcing, manufacturing and its applications in the beauty and the sustainability aspect of the material In this topic, the following SDG targets can be applied: CONTEXT ALUMINIUM & SOURCE Aluminium is one of the Earth’s most abundant metals. Aluminum is produced from primary production from ore


Eva Lagarde
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Converting Paperboard into packaging for cosmetics

In this third part of our report, now that we’ve seen how paperboard is made, we will see in the conversion (transforming a sheet of paperboard into a box) what change can you make to improve the environmental impact of your products. In this topic the following SDG and


Eva Lagarde
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Paperboard - How do we make it? - Part 2

TECHNICAL ASPECTS FIBRES, BRIGHTNESS, STIFFNESS ROLES OF  PAPERMAKING PULPS ON HARDBOARD


Eva Lagarde
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Paperboard - How do we make it? - Part 1

* How do we source wood and transform it for pulp and paperboard manufacturing? * What is the environmental impact? * How does virgin cardboard compare to recycled paperboard? -> A general overview of paperboard making for the beauty sector SDG In this topic the following SDG and targets can be applied:


Eva Lagarde
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Sustainable Packaging - a definition

This is a definition of what we think is  to be considered when thinking about sustainability. We hope this might give you a framework. This definition is meant to evolve too. UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS re/sources wants you and your brand to make actionable and impactful choices that


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Packaging in the early 20th century

What can we learn from the past? This brief historical overview of the evolution of beauty packaging has been created in collaboration with the Musée International de la Parfumerie (MIP) and Anne de Thoisy-Dallem. If you want to learn more about beauty, perfumery you could always plan a visit in


Eva Lagarde
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Five sustainable beauty packaging trends - 2022

As consumers are growing their expectations in terms of sustainability, it is increasingly difficult for brands to know how to address this issue where packaging is concerned. Should you move to a full aluminium range, or promote zero waste, use 100% PCR materials, explore new innovative materials. There is no


Gérald Martines
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3R applied to packaging: RECYCLE

THE 3R APPLIED TO COSMETIC PACKAGING EXAMPLES OF 3R INITIATIVES 3- RECYCLE