Green cosmetic tube concept in cosmetic application

Abstract: In recent years, energy-saving, environmental protection, high resource utilization rate of green cosmetic tube has become a cosmetic tube industry development trend can not be ignored. In the cosmetics tube design of global cosmetics, the concept of green cosmetics tube is more and more recognized by the public. Wholesale cosmetics to conform to the requirements of the concept of green cosmetics tubes, tube suppliers must use green cosmetics tube materials, processing and forming process of product should be energy saving, pollution-free, should be able to convenient after use, waste recycling, natural degradation or recycling, cosmetics tube design also calls for saving resources, increase the cycle time. At present, the tube of a lot of cosmetics on global market is in "green" the respect does not quite good, the phenomenon such as tube of excessive cosmetics, empty cosmetics is still very outstanding. Therefore, the concept of green cosmetic tube has great application space in the green cosmetic tube material and the lightweight, miniaturization, recyclability and reuse design of cosmetic tube.

The global cosmetics culture has a long history and the essence of culture. Cosmetics have been the common preference of all social strata, become a part of social life. The cosmetic tube sold on the market can be divided into daily and gift. Among them, the gift of cosmetics tube cosmetics as a gift of visiting relatives and friends, in order to meet the "gift" properties of cosmetics, businesses hope to invest more costs in their cosmetics tube, so that designers, cosmetic tube suppliers also have the use of unique creative design, means of expression and production process space. Excellent cosmetic tube in addition to protection and promotion functions, but also to show the designer of the global cultural spiritual connotation of understanding, play a role in the transmission of cultural value.

In recent years, energy-saving, environmental protection, high resource utilization rate of green cosmetic tube has become a cosmetic tube industry development trend can not be ignored. In the cosmetics tube design of global cosmetics, the concept of green cosmetics tube is more and more recognized by the public. Cosmetics tubes to conform to the requirements of the concept of green cosmetics tubes, tube cosmetics suppliers must use green cosmetics tube materials, processing and forming process of product should be energy saving, pollution-free, after use, waste should be convenient for recycling, natural degradation or recycling, the design of cosmetics tube also asked to save resources, increase the cycle time. Although people pay more and more attention to green cosmetics tube, but at present a lot of cosmetics tube on the global market in the "green" aspect is still not good enough, excessive cosmetic tube, empty cosmetic tube phenomenon is still very prominent, The concept of green cosmetic tube has great application space in the aspects of cosmetic tube material, cosmetic tube design and recyclability of cosmetic tube.

One, the use of green cosmetic tube material tube concept

At present, in the market, especially the traditional festival is coming, we can see a wide range of cosmetics gift boxes sold in supermarkets and stores, the cosmetics tube specifications and styles are various, the use of cosmetics tube raw materials can be described as everything. Take cosmetics cans as an example, the materials are ceramic, metal, plastic, density board, purple sand, glass and other types, and the materials used in the outer cosmetics tube gift boxes include plastic, wood, metal, textiles and so on. In these materials, a lot of natural resources are used in production, and the production environment costs are high. After use, a lot of cosmetic tube waste will be produced which is difficult to degrade, and it is easy to pollute the environment.

Green cosmetic tube concept requires cosmetic tube designers in the design and production should try to use in line with the requirements of green cosmetic tube materials, so as to avoid the waste of natural resources, and can effectively control the cost of cosmetic tube, while the number of cosmetic tube waste can also be controlled. Many seemingly luxurious and high-grade cosmetic tube materials often contain some harmful ingredients to human health, which will have a negative impact on the quality of cosmetics after use. For example, the density board used in many cosmetic gift boxes contains formaldehyde, which will be absorbed by cosmetics in the storage and transportation process, and will eventually cause harm to the user's body. The use of green cosmetic tube materials can avoid the harm caused by such substances to human health. Tell from the function, cosmetic tube can satisfy moistureproof, block light, do not go out of taste can, if metal, pottery and porcelain, the use of the material such as textile is often just pure ground caters to buyer to "costly" "have face" demand, in order to raise cosmetic price is direct purpose, and the concept of green cosmetic tube is contrary to. At present, cosmetics tube design commonly used in line with the concept of green cosmetics tube cosmetic tube materials are mainly the following.

(1) Paper materials

In recent years, cosmetic tube suppliers of paper material research and development, production and consumption capacity continues to improve. According to statistics, paper cosmetic tube products reached 27 million tons from 2006 to 2010, and 36 million tons from 2011 to 2022 are expected [1]. Paper cosmetic tube material has the advantages of light weight, convenient transportation, low production cost, abundant raw materials and so on. Its composition is mainly natural plant cellulose, easy to degrade, and easy to recycle. With the vigorous supervision of the environmental department of the government and the progress of science and technology, the environmental pollution of paper material in the production process has been greatly reduced. Therefore, the paper cosmetic tube material is the current international popular green cosmetic tube material. In addition, as a cosmetic tube material, paper has its own advantages in the production process. For example, all kinds of paper, cardboard with excellent processing performance and printing coloring performance, molded process made of pulp products light weight, good air permeability, at the same time the price is relatively low, these advantages let paper materials in cosmetic tube design can meet most of the requirements of designers. In the cosmetic tube, the cosmetic tube supplier should replace plastic material which is difficult to degrade with paper material on the premise that the function and lightweight of cosmetic tube are not affected. For example, styrofoam, commonly used as a cushioning filler for gift boxes, forms "white pollution" and can be replaced entirely with recycled corrugated paper. At present, paper material has gradually been widely used in cosmetics tube, the main material of many excellent cosmetics gift box cosmetic tube is all kinds of texture of paper.

(2) natural cosmetic tube material

The biggest common advantage of natural cosmetic tube material is to be able to degrade naturally, cause pollution not easily. Wood is one of the most common natural cosmetic tube materials at present, and it is also used in cosmetic gift boxes. In recent years, bamboo has begun to replace wood as a new choice of cosmetic tube material. There are abundant bamboo resources in the world. Compared with wood, bamboo has a shorter timber cycle and is easy to form. Besides, it is widely used and cost is low. In addition, from the perspective of culture, bamboo and cosmetics are also inextricably linked. Literati of all dynasties left many literary descriptions of cosmetics and poems in the bamboo forest, and many cosmetics tubes use bamboo images in the form of paintings and graphics. Therefore, bamboo is suitable for cosmetic tube. Other natural cosmetic tube materials can be used as cosmetic tube materials, as well as rattan materials, wheat stalks, reeds, bagasse and so on.

(3) renewable cosmetic tube materials

Cosmetic tube, cosmetic tube suppliers in the premise of ensuring safety and non-toxic, can use suitable recycling, recyclable materials, this is also the use of green cosmetics tube concept. For example, PET (polystyrene) plastic used for cosmetic tube is a high quality, non-toxic recycled cosmetic tube material, as a cosmetic gift box cosmetic tube plastic part of the material is also very suitable, such as cosmetic cans. Cosmetic tube manufacturers choose renewable cosmetic tube materials, on the one hand, can reduce production costs, improve the utilization of cosmetic tube raw materials, reduce the consumption of energy and other resources, on the other hand, also reduce the discharge of material production process to the environment.

(4) Cosmetics tube materials that are easy to degrade naturally

In fact, not all cosmetics tubes wastes can be recycled, because of cost, technology and society to know the reason, at present there are a considerable part of the global cosmetics tube after use, tube waste is the focus stacking, landfill or burned ways of processing, waste a great deal of land resources, also bring serious pollution to environment and ecology. Some cosmetics tube waste in the natural environment degradation needs dozens of years, hundreds of years, or even longer time, and degradable cosmetic tube materials can complete the natural degradation process in a short time, in the form of non-toxic return to nature, greatly saving land and energy. Most paper and natural cosmetic tube materials are biodegradable, but biodegradable plastics deserve special mention. Degradable plastic refers to the production process to add a certain amount of additives (starch, etc.) to reduce its stability, exposure to the natural environment of its molecular weight will be gradually reduced, after a few months began to thin, weight loss, strength decline, gradually split into fragments, and finally transformed into carbon dioxide and water plastic. At present, degradable plastics can be divided into photodegradable plastics, biodegradable plastics, chemical degradable plastics, photodegradable/biodegradable plastics and other categories, each has its own characteristics. With the continuous progress and improvement of its application technology, degradable plastics as cosmetic tube material has a broad prospect.

Two, the use of green cosmetic tube concept in the design of cosmetic tube

With more and more attention to cosmetic tube, the quality of cosmetic tube design can even play a decisive role in the sales of the goods themselves. Cosmetic tube design is a complex system engineering, including raw material selection, cost control, processing technology selection, cosmetic tube structure design, cosmetic tube shape design, cosmetic tube decoration design and other aspects, each part of mutual contact, mutual influence. Cosmetic tube design aspects of green cosmetic tube concept is also the use of a full range, generally speaking, can be summarized as the following aspects.

(a) cosmetic tube lightweight, miniaturization, against excessive cosmetic tube and empty cosmetic tube

The so-called "excessive cosmetics tube" refers to the layers of cosmetics tube, void rate and the cost of cosmetics tube beyond the realization of the protection of cosmetics tube goods, convenient storage, transportation and use, promotion, aesthetic communication function needs. Excessive cosmetic tubes not only waste resources but also aggravate environmental pollution. Cosmetics as one of the most widely recognized gift choices in the global society, the phenomenon of excessive cosmetic tube is quite prominent.

There are regulations on excessive cosmetic tubes. Government Quality supervision general Administration and Standardization Administration jointly issued "restrictions on excessive cosmetics tube general Rules" provisions, cosmetics cosmetics tube layer should be controlled in three layers and below; The void rate of cosmetic tube, that is, the percentage of the void volume in cosmetic tube and the volume of cosmetic tube shall not exceed 25%; The cost of cosmetic tube shall not exceed 15% of the ex-factory price of its goods. But in fact, many enterprises in order to improve the added value of cosmetic gift boxes, cosmetic tube, at the top and bottom of the cosmetic tube "blood". The market is common such high-grade cosmetic tube, its outermost layer is generally a printed paper bag or cloth bag; The second layer is an exquisite wooden, density board or metal box, which is wrapped with cushioning material in artificial silk. The silk is fixed to two to eight small metal cosmetic boxes, tubes, and inside the boxes are bags of cosmetics in aluminum foil or plastic bags. Such a set of cosmetics tube, the total weight can reach more than two kilograms, and the cosmetics tube cosmetics may even less than 500 grams. It has caused a serious waste of resources, increased the pressure and difficulty of waste disposal, and also contributed to the bad social atmosphere.

The concept of green cosmetic tube requires the designer to make full use of cosmetic tube materials and cosmetic tube space through clever design without destroying the basic functionality of cosmetic tube, so as to simplify the shape and structure of cosmetic tube. Cosmetic tube manufacturers avoid using unnecessary cosmetic tube materials and complex manufacturing processes to achieve overly complex cosmetic tube shapes and structures. Cosmetics tube overall lightweight, volume to miniaturize. At the design level should reduce or avoid the use of heavy and expensive metal material, real wood material and other material with high density, avoid cosmetics tube clearance is too large, tube weight and volume is greater than actual needs of commodity cosmetics tube "emptiness" cosmetics tubes, tube cosmetics manufacturers to saving the cost of production, storage and transportation, It also avoids the waste of resources caused by the abuse of cosmetic tube materials, and also helps control the cost of cosmetic tube. In addition, the cosmetics tube strategy with gifts such as cosmetics is beneficial to the sales of cosmetics gift boxes, but the type, volume and value of gifts should be strictly controlled, and the value of gifts should not be close to or exceed the value of the goods themselves.

(2) The design of cosmetic tube should not hinder the classification and recycling of cosmetic tube materials, and promote the use of recycled materials

The concept of green cosmetic tube has higher requirements on the recyclability of cosmetic tube materials. After the end of service life, the recyclable cosmetic tube materials can be recycled and processed, and have value again, such as paper, recyclable plastic and so on. Some cosmetic gift boxes have gone through so-called creative design and special process. Recyclable cosmetic tube materials are mixed together with non-recyclable cosmetic tube materials, which are difficult to identify and separate, resulting in both being treated as garbage. Cosmetics tube design, first of all should try not to use or reduce the use of cosmetics tube waste will produce a lot of difficult to deal with cosmetic tube tube material, reasonable use of easy degradation, renewable materials, from the source to reduce the generation of cosmetic tube waste. Secondly, the structure design of cosmetic tube is convenient for use and also convenient for disassembly and decomposition, so as to reduce the difficulty of cosmetic tube material recovery, save recovery cost and improve recovery rate. Again, in the cosmetic tube appearance decoration design, can be specially marked cosmetics tube parts of the use of material types and recycling signs, inform consumers of the cosmetic tube which parts can be recycled, play the role of spreading green concept to the public, the government is promoting the garbage classification policy can also play a role in promoting. Finally, within the scope permitted by laws and regulations, as far as possible reasonable use of recycled paper, plastic, glass and other recycled materials as cosmetic tube materials, so as to save energy and resources, but also to reduce the production cost of cosmetic tube.

(3) Cosmetic tube manufacturers advocate the sustainable use of cosmetic tube design

The sustainable use of cosmetics tube design, refers to the design of various forms of cosmetics tube content in the completion of its circulation process by consumers after use, can still have extended use value for consumers, can be used in another form. The sustainable use of cosmetic tube design, on the one hand, can effectively improve the value of goods, promote sales; On the other hand, it can prolong the service life and cycle cycle of cosmetic tube, indirectly reduce the consumption of cosmetic tube materials and production energy, and reduce the pressure of cosmetic tube waste to the environment.

The continuous use of cosmetic tube can be divided into direct continuous use and indirect continuous use. Cosmetic tube manufacturers direct continuation of the use of cosmetics tube itself has cosmetics tube goods outside of other use functions, can be directly used by consumers, the most common is the use of cosmetics tube multiple storage function. For example, some cosmetics cans use non-toxic, not easy to deformation of the material production, appearance modelling, decoration is exquisite, and has a sealed moisture-proof function, often cosmetics tube users left for daily household storage appliances. Cosmetic tube should have the function of direct reuse, the use of materials should be reasonable, try to achieve a balance between cost and functionality, and consider for convenient reuse; Modelling design, to close to daily life articles, can not let a person feel forced to use; Should have certain artistic quality and adornment sex on decorate at the same time, let a person be glad to use. Indirect continuation of the use of cosmetics tube waste after a simple dressing production can have a new use function. For example, the bottom of some cosmetics gift boxes, after removing the top cover and four sides of the box body, became a beautiful tray.

Cosmetics tube can continue to use the design is also conducive to corporate image publicity. For example, in the cosmetics tube can continue to use part of subtly show the LOGO graphics or text of the enterprise, so the cosmetics tube is continued to use the cosmetics tube as a continuous communication carrier of the enterprise image cycle, strengthen the publicity of the enterprise or product, achieve the effect of killing two birds with one stone.

conclusion

Cosmetic tube manufacturers apply the concept of green cosmetic tube to cosmetic tube, which not only plays a positive role in environmental conservation and resource utilization, but also accords with the cultural characteristics of cosmetics themselves. Of course, green cosmetic tubes are a long way off. Green design concept can be widely used in cosmetics tubes, thus becoming the mainstream of the tube cosmetics market, the effort required is various, the government, design, production and operation enterprises and the public should shoulder their respective responsibilities, make joint efforts to tube cosmetics manufacturers to change the old ideas, establishing the new image of "global green cosmetics packaging".