Sustainable Packaging Trending Among Cosmetics, Personal Care Companies
TerraCycle Include USA P&G Suez Beach Plastic Shampoo Bottle
Personal care and cosmetics companies are increasingly focusing on recyclable and sustainable packaging, as evidenced by recent moves among major players Unilever, Procter & Gamble and Lush Cosmetics.
In January Unilever pledged 100 percent of its plastic packaging will be fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
The same month Procter & Gamble, in partnership with recycling and environmental management companies TerraCycle and Suez, developed the world’s first recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to 25 percent recycled beach plastic.
And just this week Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics’ packaging for creams and lotions, the Lush Black Pot, was recognized as the first US Food and Drug Administration rigid packaging application for cosmetics use made from recycled polypropylene (PP), Recycling Today reports