Marks & Spencer (M&S) has joined forces with HANDLE, experts in beauty recycling, to introduce the Beauty Takeback Scheme across over 40 of its stores in the UK. The initiative aims to facilitate the recycling of difficult-to-process beauty packaging materials and components, which often end up in landfills, by transforming them into new …
Head & Shoulders Introduces BARE: A Recyclable Bottle Revolutionizing Anti-Dandruff Shampoo
Head & Shoulders, the world’s leading anti-dandruff shampoo brand, is making waves in the realm of scalp care with the debut of BARE. This groundbreaking product marks their first-ever nine-ingredient anti-dandruff shampoo, offering consumers a simple and effective solution without any compromises. In an era where individuals are increasingly mindful of the …
Quadpack launches reusable solution for makeup and skincare
Quadpack has launched ‘Light Me Up’ makeup and skincare in a new airless refillable flow pen with four different, sensorial, cold-touch tips. The company stated, “The refill system is practical and intuitive: the inner bottle can be easily removed for recycling and replaced with a simple turn. The four different, sensorial cold tips create …
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Dow and LVMH partner to improve sustainable packaging
Dow and LVMH Beauty, a division of LVMH, the world leader in luxury and home to 75 iconic brands, to collaborate to accelerate the use of sustainable packaging across LVMH’s perfume and cosmetic products. This collaboration would enable both bio-based and circular plastics to be integrated into several of the beauty multinational’s product applications without …
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Aptar develops sustainable packaging for omnichannel distribution
Aptar Beauty + Home has announced its progress made towards creating dispensing solutions designed to address the demand for omnichannel and more sustainable packaging. This represents the company’s response to the increase in e-commerce sales driven initially by the Covid-19 pandemic, but a trend that is clearly here to stay. The segment’s three-pronged approach, …
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Japanese cosmetics maker plans factory complex in Egypt
Japanese sanitizer maker Saraya is set to build a USD 10 mn sanitizer and cosmetics factory complex in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), according to a statement by the Egypt-Japan Business Council. The complex will serve as an export base for the company’s products to MEA and other countries, in cooperation with the General …
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Ambitious commitments for a waste-free world
With more than 70% of its packaging already recyclable Unilever MENA is well on track towards achieving its goal of turning this figure to 100% Unilever, owner of brands including Dove, Love Beauty & Planet (LBP), Seventh Generation, Lux and Omo, continues to make progress towards its ambitious commitments for a waste-free world, with …
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P&G unveils all paper packaging
P&G has introduced its Old Spice and Secret major brands with an all-paper, plastic-free deodorant packaging in the United States. The first all-paper tube package for select Old Spice and Secret aluminum-free deodorants, co-designed with consumers interested in cutting back on plastic waste, is now available at 500 Walmart stores across the US. The paper …
Beiersdorf innovates sustainable NIVEA bottle
Based on intensive research and packaging development, Beiersdorf has achieved a real breakthrough: the bottle and cap of the new Nivea Naturally Good Body Lotion has been designed to use 50% less plastic than a comparable standard Nivea body lotion packaging. It is very thin and has a uniquely shaped bottom area which can be …
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Leading cosmetic brands revamp ‘whitening’ products
Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal and Unilever and many more brands change names and pull back skin-whitening products as the global backlash against racism continues. In response to international anti-racism protests, some of the world’s biggest cosmetics brands have announced a rethink on controversial “whitening” products and advertising strategies that promote fair skin as a …
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