SK Chemical Collaborates with Est?e Lauder to Apply Recycled Plastics in Cosmetic Containers

Cosmetic container made from SK Chemicals' circular recycling material. Photo by SK Chemicals

SK Chemicals is strengthening its push into the cosmetic container market by partnering with the global cosmetics brand Est?e Lauder.

On the 17th, SK Chemicals announced that it had signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for collaboration on circular recycling solution supply with Est?e Lauder. Est?e Lauder is a leading global cosmetics company manufacturing luxury color cosmetics, skincare, fragrances, and hair products. In addition to Est?e Lauder, it owns over 30 well-known brands including Bobbi Brown, Aveda, Clinique, and La Mer.

Under this agreement, SK Chemicals will supply Ecotria (ECOTRIA) CR (chemical recycling), Skypet (SKYPET) CR, and Ecozen Claro (ECOZEN CLARO), which are circular recycling materials and post-consumer recyclable. Est?e Lauder plans to develop cosmetic containers using SK Chemicals’ materials.

Circular recycling is a technology that chemically breaks down waste plastics into monomers, the raw materials for plastics, and is considered one of the most important technologies to realize a bottle-to-bottle society that can solve the plastic waste problem.

SK Chemicals and Est?e Lauder will gradually increase the content of recycled raw materials in products and use recyclable materials to replace other plastic materials such as ABS, SAN, and glass, aiming to build a sustainable cosmetic container ecosystem.

With this agreement, if SK Chemicals’ recycling solutions are applied not only to Est?e Lauder but also to its various sub-brands, the low-carbon movement in the global cosmetic container market is expected to accelerate further.

Besides Est?e Lauder, SK Chemicals has been steadily promoting the supply of recycled materials to the cosmetic container market. In March, it signed a business agreement with Yeonwoo, a subsidiary of Korea Kolmar, which holds the number one market share in the domestic cosmetic container market, to develop and commercialize containers using recycled materials. In June, it also signed a business agreement with Cosmax, the world’s number one cosmetics research, development, and manufacturing (ODM) company, to establish a ‘cosmetic container proposal cooperation model’ applying sustainable plastic materials.

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