Cosmetic Display Packaging Moves Towards Mono-Material

Multi-material cosmetic packs are harder to recycle, and brands are simplifying them.

The shift

• Single-polymer trays replacing multi-layer laminated inserts
• Paperboard replacing plastic where the pack allows
• Print moved onto the tray itself rather than a separate sleeve

What it asks of converters

• Rigid film that prints directly and keeps gloss after forming
• Forming parameters that hold clarity in deeper draws
• Recycled-content grades with documented input

Next steps

See APET Rigid Film, RPET Rigid Film and materials for cosmetics.