All Personal Care articles – Page 10
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What does modern traceability look like for CPG businesses?
Consumers are paying attention to their products – where and how they are sourced, and whether they are everything they claim to be. How can smart packaging accommodate for this shift, and what additional benefits can it bring? Ken Sickles, EVP and chief product officer at Digimarc, tells us why digitisation might be the way forward for CPG businesses.
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KHS offers glued-in handles for rPET bottles, intending to reduce emissions and increase efficiency
KHS has announced the development of a glued-in process for the handles of its rPET containers, intended to contribute a recycled and recyclable bottle design to the home care and food sectors.
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Reckitt and Mondi announce 75% paper-based pouch for Finish detergent products
A partnership between Reckitt and Mondi has resulted in the launch of paper-based packaging for the dishwasher detergent brand Finish, which intends to reduce over 2,000 tonnes of plastic per year – the equivalent of 50 million 1-litre bottles.
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Milliken and Huhtamaki produce mono-material laminate for personal care packaging
Milliken & Company has collaborated with Huhtamaki Group to develop a mono-material laminate that it expects to coat 40-200ml tubes for personal care products such as toothpaste and cosmetics.
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Smart water bottle for athletes tells them when it’s time to drink
American sports beverage brand Gatorade, part of PepsiCo, has launched a new bottle that tracks personalised hydration needs and indicates to athletes when to drink, via a cap that lights up as an alert mechanism.
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EU-backed project aims to develop packaging material from shrubs
AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, is working on developing bioplastics for active cosmetics packaging made from trees and shrubs, within the EU-funded BeonNAT Project.
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Toppan announces mono-material PE barrier packaging for liquids
Toppan has expanded its GL BARRIER transparent barrier film range with a mono-material PE barrier designed to package liquid products in a durable, sterile, and easy-to-recycle material.
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Quadpack claims to have designed mono-material, refillable, recyclable, and easy-to-use jar for cosmetic goods
Quadpack has announced its New Regula Refill Jar – the reportedly refillable, recyclable, and mono-material jar for beauty products, designed for easy use by consumers.
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Artificial intelligence and augmented reality freshen up men’s fragrance
“Created by robots for humans” is a special edition body spray for young men which has been developed using augmented reality and artificial intelligence in a bid to produce the perfect scent and packaging.
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Cullen Packaging launches moulded fibre bottle for dry goods
Cullen Packaging has launched a moulded fibre bottle for dry goods, which it claims is made from recycled cardboard and certified as recyclable in domestic recycling bins.
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Avantium provides plant-based PEF to produce recyclable packaging for LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics
Avantium has signed an agreement with luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) to secure a fixed volume of the plant-based, fully recyclable polymer polyethylene furanoate (PEF) for their cosmetics packaging. It is hoped to be a step towards the commercial launch of a new and sustainable packaging material.
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Silgan Dispensing unveils closure with built-in chamber for controlled dosing
Silgan Dispensing has announced the launch of its new dosing solution, MeaSURE, a closure with a built-in chamber that delivers controlled dosing for applications such as laundry, cleaning, automotive, and personal care.
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How P&G’s new laundry capsule box combines sustainable and inclusive design with child safety certification
Ariel will now offer its All-in-1 Pods® in a recyclable cardboard-based box designed with accessibility and child safety certification as a priority. Samantha King, R&D Vice President at P&G Fabric Care Europe, discusses the process behind developing a laundry care box that met the team’s certified child safety, sustainability and inclusivity targets.
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Unilever launches laundry capsule designed to reduce plastic and cut carbon emissions
Unilever has launched what it claims to be its most sustainable laundry capsule to date, alleged to reduce greenhouse gases by 16% and relieve the waste stream of 6000 tonnes of plastic every year.
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Fasten unveils lightweight rPP cosmetic jar with refill system
Fasten has introduced the REfill REuse REpeat cosmetic jar system made from 100% recycled PP and featuring an ultra-light, thermoformed refill cup.
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Fragrance joins the Metaverse through NFC tags connected to NFTs
Byredo, a fragrance and makeup brand founded by Ben Gorham, has joined forces with RTFKT, the Nike-owned digital fashion startup, on a beauty-meets-Web3 launch.
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Finalist interview: Aptar’s monomaterial Future pump
We caught up with Aptar to learn more about its recyclable, monomaterial Future pump, which is a finalist in the E-commerce category of our 2022 Sustainability Awards.
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Fasten introduces lightweight refill solution with 100% PP pump
Innovative Beauty Group (IBG) company, Fasten, has introduced the Recharge Luxury Refill solution made entirely from PP and PET with an all-PP cosmetic pump and a colourless, lightweight outer bottle.
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Finalist interview: Nivea’s reusable bottle for hand soap made from dissolvable tablets
Nivea’s ecorefill is a soap with a difference – the consumer creates it themselves by mixing dissolvable tablets with water, in a bottle made from 100% recycled material. To learn more about this innovation, which is a finalist in the ‘Driving the Circular Economy’ category of our 2022 Sustainability Awards, we spoke with Nivea’s parent company, Beiersdorf.
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Value chain collaboration develops colourless, 100% PCR bottle concept with a deinkable shrink sleeve
The Design4Circularity initiative, which includes Clariant, Siegwerk, Borealis, and Beiersdorf, has developed a concept for a colourless personal care bottle with 100% post-consumer recyclate (PCR) content, which features a printed deinkable full-body shrink sleeve for design differentiation.