Design of an eco-friendly make-up packaging

Abstract

An individual’s choice of lifestyle will have an impact on our environment; for example, the choice of purchasing a non-sustainable product against a sustainable product. The objective of manufacturers and suppliers is to meet the changing needs and wants of an increasing population. Various studies and statistics have been conducted to illustrate the impact of packaging on the environment; infact, in a year approximately 50 million tons of waste is generated, with around 120 billion units being product packaging. Plastic is one of the most popular materials used within the manufacturing industry; thus, the European Union issued new regulations and strategies, such as the Industries Policy Strategy. The latter strategies ensure that all companies abide to laws and regulations to help reduce the amount of waste generated. Additionally, customers are becoming more conscious about the environment hence manufacturers and suppliers are looking into producing eco-friendly products. The objective for this project is to design a sustainable and modular cosmetic case. The reason behind choosing a modular approach towards this design is to enable customer to re-use most of the product packaging, which will automatically help to reduce the environmental burden. Additionally, sustainable material was selected for this project, so as to ensure that the consumer can still purchase the requested product without having a negative impact on the environment, when disposing of the product at the end of its product life cycle.