All Personal Care articles – Page 9
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Article’Refill-reuse revolution’: Unilever on the potential of reusable packaging
Unilever is trialling reuse models globally as a step towards halving the use of single-use plastics by 2025.
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ArticleUsing packaging to make period care more sustainable – and more inclusive
We spoke with Nick Jain, COO and co-founder of August, about how the company is using its packaging to make sustainable period products more accessible and inclusive.
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ArticleTesco to offer refillable cleaning sprays in bid to reduce plastic packaging
From Monday 22nd November, Tesco own-brand household cleaning sprays will reportedly be available in reusable bottles, which can be topped up using capsules that dissolve in water to make a new cleaning solution.
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ArticleEstée Lauder to develop beauty industry ‘first’ recyclable paper bottle
The Estée Lauder Companies says it will develop an ‘industry first’ recyclable paper bottle for the beauty segment as it joins the Pulpex partner consortium.
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ArticleMore than an inconvenience: why accessible packaging matters
Exploring how packaging design can become more accessible for those with reduced strength and dexterity.
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ArticleInnovia develops base film for pressure sensitive label applications
Innovia Films’s RayoFace QB offers customers an uncoated and cavitated biaxially orientated polypropylene (BOPP) base film in brilliant white, which is designed for pressure sensitive labelling applications including food contact.
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ArticleNew refillable hand soap dispenser from NIVEA boasts sustainability and functionality upgrades
The new NIVEA EcoRefill Hand Soap range includes a 100% recycled and recyclable PET bottle that can be refilled by mixing water and a cleanser tablet to produce hand soap.
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ArticleThe dark side of subscription beauty and how eco-conscious brands are re-writing the rulebook
What are the environmental costs of the subscription box market? Rich Quelch, global head of marketing at Lifestyle Packaging, tells us more.
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Article‘UK first’ antibacterial, recycled and recyclable refuse sack launched by Cedo
Cedo’s Good Karma refuse sacks are reportedly made from 100% recycled plastic with incorporated antimicrobial technology. The sacks are intended for household use and can also be recycled, according to the company.
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa develops paper-based child-lock box for laundry pods
Smurfit Kappa have partnered with McBride to produce the “100% paper-based” Click-to-Lock Pods Box, which it says is a safe and sustainable alternative to the traditional plastic box for laundry pods.
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ArticleNemera launches single-dose nasal spray device
Nemera launches UniSpray, a unidose system for the nasal administration of systematic-acting pharmaceuticals.
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ArticleEuropean Patent Office reports on the future of plastic recycling and bioplastics
A report released today by the EPO suggests Europe and the US account for over half of worldwide patenting activity in the plastic recycling and bioplastic industries, with the cosmetic and detergent segments emerging as front runners for innovation.
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ArticleATS Packaging Machinery launches new capping machine
ATS Packaging Machinery has unveiled a new Gemini capping machine incorporating its high-precision tightening technology, which the company says is the most advanced available on the market.
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa expands e-commerce solutions with new health and beauty portfolio
Smurfit Kappa is set to release a range of circular packaging solutions for the online health and beauty market, a rapidly growing segment of e-commerce valued at €17.6 billion in 2020.
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ArticleSulapac supplies biobased cap for CHANEL perfume bottles
The French fashion house CHANEL has announced that its new LES EAUX DE CHANEL 125ml perfume bottles will be made with a biobased cap developed in partnership with the Finnish start-up Sulapac.
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ArticleTeysha Technologies partnership set to tackle microplastics in additives
Biopolymer specialist Teysha Technologies has partnered with an undisclosed additives manufacturer to begin joint testing and optimisation on a range of its materials, with a focus on developing alternatives to petroleum-based microplastics.
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ArticleGold German Packaging Award 2021 winners announced
At this year’s FACHPACK trade fair at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, the German Packaging Institute unveiled the winners of its Gold Award for 15 of the most ground-breaking innovations from its pool of German Packaging Award 2021 winners.
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ArticleReusable tampon applicator launched by Lil-Lets
Period product brand Lil-Lets debuts its reusable tampon applicator, which is now available to purchase online, and announces it will phase out the manufacturing of its plastic applicator tampons.
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ArticleNew ‘shape your own’ customisation solution for airless products
Beauty packaging manufacturer Quadpack announces new airless product portfolio, CANVAS Airless, which it says allows custom shapes with minimum lead time and reduced investment, while using 15% less plastic.
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Article‘Easy to open’ desiccant stopper for pharmaceuticals announced by Airnov
Airnov is set to unveil a new 27mm desiccant stopper for healthcare applications, which it says offers easy opening to patients and moisture protection of products, as well as reportedly being made from renewable materials.