GREEN PACKAGING CONTINUES TO STAKE CLAIM IN COSMETICS SECTOR
January 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
MUCH like the rest of the world, the cosmetics industry has been swept up in the push to provide green packaging, and the global recession does not appear to have stopped this market segment from performing healthily. In 2009 alone, environmentally responsible packaging sales were worth more than US$88 billion dollars globally, 20% of the total packaging market, according to US-based clean technology analyst Pike Research.
In January, the marketing intelligence firm predicted this trend will continue, with global sales in the sustainable ...
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