Eco beauty: The packaging companies proving it's easy being green

Published: 4-Dec-2017 Featured companies: James Cropper Paper and Packaging
Packaging Sustainability

In an ever-changing world, consumers are demanding more from the products they decide to purchase. Sonia Sharma finds out more about packs that adhere to an ecological perspective

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As further scrutiny is being placed on companies to produce more sustainable packages, the fragrance and cosmetic industry is one that is trying to overcome this challenge.

Being a market that is notorious for overt bottles and excess packaging, going ‘green’ is a solution in which the industry is taking notice.

David Warren, Commercial Director at Clarke Rubicon, says: “Today, in our far more environmentally conscious world, with sustainability the buzzword in many areas of our daily lives, packaging is much more centre stage and often criticised for its

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James Cropper is a prestige paper innovator based in the English Lake District, supplying distinct, custom-made paper products to many of the world’s leading luxury brands...
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  • Clarke Rubicon
  • Unilever
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