All Reuse articles – Page 3
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ArticleL’Oréal relaunches refill pouches under new consumer awareness campaign
In a new campaign, L’Oréal encourages consumers to save between 60% and 82% of plastic per refill by adopting its refillable hair care, skincare, and fragrance packaging formats.
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ArticleShiseido bottles cosmetics with refillable LiquiForm container to cut plastics
Shiseido is extending its use of LiquiForm blow moulding and filling technology to make a refillable pump dispenser pack for cosmetics – a move set to eliminate around 56% of plastic and lower CO2 emissions by around 48%.
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ArticleUnilever home care brands refilled via Sonke’s automated refill store
Sonke is dispensing Unilever brands through its first automated refill store in Johannesburg – a development set to lower prices by up to 60% while promoting refill behaviours in local communities.
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ArticleTaking stock of refillable packaging on World Refill Day 2025
On World Refill Day 2025, what does the refillable packaging landscape currently look like, and where does it still have left to go? We delve into this year’s innovations and setbacks so far to find out more.
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ArticleWhat will the packaging industry look like in 2034?
Researchers at Leeds Beckett University’s Leeds Business School have published a report consulting senior leaders from across the FMCG supply chain, intending to lay out a roadmap for sustainability-minded packaging progress into 2034.
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ArticleShoppers prioritize price and convenience over sustainability, says McKinsey
Consumers in the US currently value a pack’s cost, convenience, shelf life, and other factors over its sustainability, a McKinsey survey suggests – an outcome potentially driven by economic uncertainties, lifestyle changes, and gaps in knowledge.
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ArticleNew York State drives law mandating packaging reduction and recycling plans
The State of New York is advancing a bill requiring sellers or distributors of packaging to register with a packaging reduction organization and develop a plan to reduce and recycle their waste.
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ArticleAnnouncing the finalists of Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Awards 2025!
After another year of top-tier entries across the board, the first round of judging has come to a close – now the international, expert jury of the world’s most prestigious sustainable packaging competition reveals the finalists of the Sustainability Awards 2025!
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ArticleCiteo CEO on the steps to Extended Producer Responsibility success
Thirty-three years after France first implemented Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for packaging, Citeo CEO Jean Hornain tells UNEP how universal participation, legal accountability, and the creation of formal jobs can incentivize plastic waste reduction.
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ArticleCould this innovation change the refillable packaging game?
Meadow has developed an innovative process that aims to transform aluminium beverage cans into clean, intuitive refill systems. In four years, with the backing of can-producing giant Ball Corporation, the company has gone from initial concept to mass production. Meadow’s CEO and co-founder, Victor Ljungberg, gave us insights from inside the business in a recent conversation.
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ArticleMicrowaveable Checkpoint RFID inlay suited to reusable food containers
Checkpoint Systems has unveiled Chinook, an RFID inlay designed for reusable food packaging; the solution intends to facilitate supply chain traceability without compromising on microwave safety or durability.
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ArticlePepsiCo revisits plastic packaging targets due to ‘external factors’
Citing roadblocks outside its control, PepsiCo has scaled back its packaging targets for 2030, switching its 20% virgin plastic reduction goal to a 2% year-on-year decrease and removing biodegradability from the scope of its sustainable design goals.
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ArticleBorealis debuts reusable cups made from recycled OMV feedstock at K 2025
At K 2025, Borealis will distribute a deposit-free reuse system for cups made from modified polypropylene for foam, utilizing chemically recycled feedstock from OMV’s ReOil technology.
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ArticleL’Oréal aims to shape consumer recycling habits with new initiative
L’Oréal has launched a new initiative that aims to explain to consumers in simple terms how to sort and recycle cosmetic packaging.
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PodcastBuilding a deposit return system – spotlight on Austria
Deposit return schemes have gained traction across Europe, with several countries introducing or getting ready to introduce them. Austria is the latest country to introduce such a system. Elisabeth Skoda speaks to Monika Fiala, who is managing director at Recycling Pfand Österreich GmbH, the organisation in charge of implementing the deposit return system in Austria, discussing reasons behind the introduction, challenges to overcome, differences and similarities to systems in other countries, learnings from the scheme several months in, and more.
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ArticleThe problem with reusable packaging (and how to solve it)
Reusable packaging has a huge problem. Consumers express enthusiasm for refillable concepts, but demonstrate dramatically lower willingness to actually seek out refill stations. How can this problem be solved? In this article, Calvin Lakhan, Director of Circular Innovation Hub at York University’s Faculty of Environment and Urban Change, breaks down the findings of a fascinating new study on this issue.
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ArticleWhat can other countries learn from the PPWR?
For all the criticisms levied at the PPWR in its current form, the UK could learn a thing or two from its ambitious and collaborative effort to get things moving.
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ArticleCorplex de-inking technology targets reduced waste and environmental impact
Polypropylene (PP) and polycarbonate sheets manufacturer Corplex claims it has successfully adapted a mechanical de-inking process to remove ink from heavily printed PP sheets, including ones treated with UV-based coatings and UV-cured inks.
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ArticleCan reusable period products absorb the leak of packaging waste?
Is stigma around periods fueling the rise in menstrual product packaging waste? Are we over-packaging single-use solutions? Could a transition into reusable products help, or is the answer more complicated? We answer all these questions in this edition of the Brief.
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ArticleSC Johnson launches first soap refill machine in North America
SC Johnson has launched its first refill machine in North America at Canadian pharmacy and retailer London Drugs, allowing customers to refill reusable product bottles with hand or dish soap by brands including method and Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day.
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