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Aptar's Future pump is fully recyclable and addresses the rigors of e-commerce shipping.

Aptar Launches Monomaterial Future

“Our ultimate goal was to have the final consumer be able to take their body lotion, shampoo or shower gel and easily put the empty packaging in their recycling bin," said Sabine Bouillet-Lubot, global strategic marketing director, Aptar Beauty + Home.

The monomaterial droppers are compatible with PP recycling streams.

Lumson Launches Monomaterial Eco Dropper

The Eco Dropper can be paired with PCR glass bottles, per Lumson.

The Woodacity range incorporates some of Quadpack's closure systems, including the Solo Twist, Solo Push, Solo Turn and Solo Snap.

Quadpack Unveils Monomaterial Woodacity Collection

The collection comprises lipsticks, compacts, jars, and closures for perfume bottles, lotion packs and tubes.

The jar is available in variants with up to 44% PCR, which can boost the lifecycle score of the packaging by as much as 300% compared to the virgin PP version, while also reducing water usage and carbon output.

Quadpack Launches Double-chamber Monomaterial PP Duetto Jar

The jar is available in variants with up to 44% PCR, which can boost the lifecycle score of the packaging by as much as 300% compared to the virgin PP version, while also reducing water usage and carbon output.

The Emerald Lipstick can be decorated with silk screening, hot stamping, matt spray and pearl varnish to further promote an aesthetic of simplicity and restraint.

Quadpack’s Monomaterial Emerald Lipstick Evokes 'Quiet Luxury'

The new Quadpack lipstick is available in a square or cylindrical shape, with a choice of materials, including recyclable PET and as much as 100% recycled PET (rPET).

Representing a new take on the company's legacy panstick, the new format comprises 100% recyclable PP and is available as a refillable format.

Quadpack Launches Monomaterial Infinite PP Panstick for Solid Beauty Formats

The design reportedly lowers carbon emissions by 43% compared to the original design (4.5 g PP Panstick versus 4.5 g conventional panstick).

Laëtitia Beavogui, marketing manager at Albéa Cosmetics & Fragrance, said, “Our objective for 2025 is to offer beauty brands a standard range of refillable lipsticks made of environmentally friendly materials that drive packaging recycling.”

Albéa's Pure Kiss Monomaterial Lipstick Pack Supports Easy Refills

Unigreen's gentle swivel torque offers brands an elegant gesture, per the company, and supports easy and secure refills.

The format is refillable, allowing for easy replenishment, per the companies.

ICONS|ICS x Eastman Reveal Monomaterial, Refillable Makeup Compacts

The design eliminates the use of metal hinges and pins seen in conventional designs, thereby boosting the compacts' recyclability.

The monomaterial packs feature 4.5 ml thick-wall bottles with applicators for specific uses. More than 95% of the packs' content is composed of recyclable PET, with the possibility of being delivered in 100% rPET.

Quadpack Launches Monomaterial Gala Color Cosmetic Packs for Eyes, Lips and Face

Lifecycle assessments reportedly show that a switch to a full PCR version improves the pack’s circularity index by 60%.

The Aptar Beauty mechanisms are produced in its Chavanod facility in France, while the monomaterial wood casing is produced at Quadpack Wood in Catalonia, Spain.

Quadpack's Updated Iconic Woodacity 2.0 Refillable Lipstick Offers New Closure System

The monomaterial wood can be customized with a wide array of designs and decoration techniques, per Quadpack.

The Giotto Duo design can contain two products in one, kept discrete with the glass separator. The glass design allows consumers to clearly see the product in the pack.

Zignago Vetro's Giotto Duo Boosts Recyclability with Integrated Glass Separator

The monomaterial design conserves cosmetic products due to glass’s inherent chemical stability and inertness.

[video] Decoding Sustainable Beauty Packaging

Breaking down the options, from biobased to monomaterial to PCR and beyond.

ICONS|ICS has been awarded a Platinum Medal from EcoVadis for the third consecutive year since 2023, and ICONS|America partners with Acure for their new product packaging featuring In-Mold Label (IML) tubes.

ICONS|ICS Wins 2025 EcoVadis Platinum Medal & Acure Partners with ICONS|America on Monomaterial Tubes

ICONS|ICS has been awarded a Platinum Medal from EcoVadis for the third consecutive year since 2023, and ICONS|America partners with Acure for their new product packaging featuring In-Mold Label (IML) tubes.

Two white Molpack monomial jars of 250ml and 30ml sizes on white geometric platforms

MolPack Introduces Green-Minded Range of Single-Material Jars

Molpack is introducing the monomaterial jar that can fit all your packaging needs: 100% recyclable, lightweight and fully customizable.

The cork cap reduces carbon dioxide by 89% compared to a PP cap and 21% compared to a wooden cap, according to Quadpack.

Petit Bateau Rolls Out Toddler Fragrance with Quadpack’s Sustainable Cork Cap

The monomaterial cork cap is sourced from sustainably managed forests.

The range will soon be expanded with an internal refill system.

Molpack Launches M3R Airless Range

M3R, which stands for "monomaterial, recyclable, recycled and refill," is manufactured only with PP, but also available in PCR materials.

Shiseido’s fragrances are topped with Quadpack’s new wood caps that are made of wood from sustainably managed European forests, don’t have plastic inserts, and are outfitted with a solo rib pattern that provides a tight closing system.

Quadpack Develops Sustainable Wood Caps for Shiseido

Quadpack spent two years creating the monomaterial bio-based caps for Shisedo’s fragrance collection.

“With the first New Dawn collection, we presented a routine made up of ‘must-have’ products,' said Saveria Guelfucci, marketing manager for Turnkey Solutions by Aptar. 'With Go Beyond Beauty, we are going further and deploying a greater variety of products.'

Turnkey Solutions by Aptar Launches Makeup-oriented Go Beyond Beauty Collection

Concepts include vegan and at least 95% natural (ISO16128) mists, creams, serums, lip balms, roll-ons, highlighters and foundations housed in packaging boasting monomaterial designs, recycled resin compositions or refillability.