Reusability and recyclability of plastic cosmetic packaging: A life cycle assessment

The importance of product sustainability has become increasingly relevant, with several key stakeholders striving to improve the lifecycle environmental footprint their products in various aspects. This sense sustainable urgency also been felt cosmetic industry, which contributes significantly global plastic manufactured and used worldwide. Design for Recycling Reuse are two different approaches can be employed separately or concurrently. When designed reuse, typically more robust order increase probability than once. If reuse is not possible, it essential that dematerialisation recycling applied. study assessed impacts resulting from reusable, recyclable, dematerialised packages, attempted answer primary question: Is design an extremely durable reused times, apply but consequently create a less allows reusability potential? Life cycle assessments versions were conducted, identify what features responsible such impacts. Findings showed positive effect out ways by far effects 171%, removing resourceful materials render package resulted 74% reduction only when packaging fully recycled. concludes cases, should given prominence, as would depend on user infrastructure place.