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Sustainability in the Cosmetics Industry: Environmental Impacts, Statistics, and Solutions

This literature review examined the environmental impacts of the cosmetics industry, focusing on chemical pollutants released during production, microplastic ingredients, and packaging waste. The study found that the cosmetics sector contributes substantially to environmental contamination and called for stronger sustainability standards.

2025 Özgür Yayınları eBooks
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Towards Sustainable Cosmetics Packaging

Not directly relevant to microplastics — this review examines the broader sustainability challenges of cosmetics packaging, including environmental, social, and economic trade-offs, without a specific focus on microplastic pollution.

2023 Preprints.org 10 citations
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Sustainable Innovation Practices in the Green Cosmetic Sector: A Brand Perspective

This study examined sustainability innovation practices in the green cosmetics sector from a brand perspective, focusing on how companies integrate sustainable packaging, ingredient sourcing, and microplastic-free formulations. The analysis found that leading green cosmetic brands are adopting holistic sustainability strategies beyond just product formulation changes.

2025 Journal of Sustainable Solutions.
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Microplastics in Cosmetics: Open Questions and Sustainable Opportunities

This review examines the role of microplastics in cosmetic products and the industry's transition toward sustainable alternatives as regulations tighten worldwide. Researchers surveyed the properties that make plastic particles useful in cosmetics, such as texture and appearance enhancement, alongside their environmental drawbacks. The study provides an overview of emerging bio-based and biodegradable replacement materials that could help the personal care industry eliminate microplastics from formulations.

2024 ChemSusChem 23 citations
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An integrated approach to address the biodegradability of cosmetic formulations as part of a corporate sustainability strategy

Not relevant to microplastics — this paper describes a corporate sustainability framework for evaluating and improving the biodegradability of cosmetic product portfolios, helping companies prioritize reformulation of high-impact products and ingredients.

2024 International Journal of Cosmetic Science 2 citations
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Innovative Approaches to an Eco-Friendly Cosmetic Industry: A Review of Sustainable Ingredients

This review examines sustainable alternatives to conventional cosmetic ingredients, including plant-based, microbial, and recycled materials that could replace synthetic and potentially harmful components. While not directly about microplastics, cosmetic microbeads have been a significant source of microplastic pollution, and the push for eco-friendly ingredients helps reduce plastic particles entering waterways. The shift toward sustainable cosmetics is part of broader efforts to decrease human exposure to synthetic microparticles.

2024 Clean Technologies 72 citations
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Current research trends on cosmetic microplastic pollution and its impacts on the ecosystem: A review

This review examines the presence of microplastics in personal care, cosmetics, and cleaning products and their environmental impact. Researchers assessed the fate, degradation mechanisms, and routes through which cosmetic microplastics enter the environment. The study also discusses emerging technologies for removing cosmetic microplastics and highlights the need for sustainable alternatives to reduce this domestic source of pollution.

2023 Environmental Pollution 108 citations
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Estratégias de produção mais limpa aplicadas à uma indústria de cosméticos

Despite its title referencing cleaner production strategies in cosmetics manufacturing, this paper is written in Portuguese and examines environmental efficiency improvements in a small Brazilian hair conditioner factory — not microplastic pollution. It proposes process modifications to reduce waste and emissions and is not directly relevant to microplastics or human health.

2025 Navus - Revista de Gestão e Tecnologia 1 citations
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Microplásticos: Uso Na Indústria Cosmética E Impactos No Ambiente Aquático

This review examined the use of microplastics in the cosmetic industry and their subsequent impacts on the aquatic environment, finding that primary microplastics intentionally added to cosmetic products are a significant source of water contamination.

2022 Química Nova 7 citations
Systematic Review Tier 1

The future of baby cosmetics packaging and sustainable development: A look at sustainable materials and packaging innovations – A systematic review

This systematic review summarizes research on sustainable packaging alternatives for baby cosmetics, aiming to reduce plastic waste and pollution. The findings are relevant to families concerned about microplastics because conventional plastic packaging contributes to the microplastic contamination found in household dust and the broader environment.

2023 Sustainable Development 15 citations
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Circular Economy Implemented in a Cosmetic Company: a Case Study

This case study examined the implementation of circular economy principles in a cosmetic company, analyzing how reducing waste and maximizing material reuse can benefit both environmental and business performance. The cosmetics industry is a significant user of plastic packaging and a source of primary microplastics through products like microbeads.

2023 Journal of Engineering Research
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Sustainability Schemes in the Cosmetic Industry: Scope, Credibility, and Value Chain Coverage

Despite its title referencing sustainability schemes in cosmetics, this paper studies the credibility and coverage of 24 eco-certification labels used in the cosmetics industry — not microplastic pollution. It examines gaps in lifecycle coverage and greenwashing risks within certification schemes and is not relevant to microplastics or human health.

2026 Sustainability
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Plastics and Microplastic in the Cosmetic Industry: Aggregating Sustainable Actions Aimed at Alignment and Interaction with UN Sustainable Development Goals

This review examined how the cosmetics industry uses microplastics and petroleum-derived polymers in product formulations and packaging, and assessed industry efforts to align with UN Sustainable Development Goals. Regulatory pressure and bioeconomy policies are accelerating substitution of synthetic microplastics with bio-based alternatives.

2022 Polymers 56 citations
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Trends in the Manufacture and Design of Sustainable Cosmetics

This review examines emerging trends in sustainable cosmetics manufacturing, covering the adoption of natural ingredients, eco-friendly packaging, reduced environmental footprints, and pro-environmental consumer behavior driving the shift toward sustainable beauty product design.

2023 Clinical Dermatology Open Access Journal 3 citations
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Polymers and the eco-design transformation. A cosmetic perspective

This review examines the role of polymers in cosmetic products and strategies for eco-design transformation, analyzing the development of environmentally friendly polymer alternatives that maintain cosmetic performance and safety while reducing microplastic pollution, with attention to biodegradability, renewable sourcing, and regulatory requirements across the product lifecycle.

2025 Green Materials
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Research on the Performance of Cosmetics Packaging Materials under the Background of Green Transformation

Researchers systematically analyzed cosmetics packaging materials from three dimensions — material properties, production processes, and recycling pathways — in the context of the global green transformation push. The study identified performance optimization strategies for sustainable cosmetic packaging, highlighting trade-offs between sensory appeal and environmental responsibility.

2025 Frontiers in Computing and Intelligent Systems
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Microplastics (MPs) in Cosmetics: A Review on Their Presence in Personal-Care, Cosmetic, and Cleaning Products (PCCPs) and Sustainable Alternatives from Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers

This review documents how microplastics are widely used in personal care products, cosmetics, and cleaning supplies as exfoliants, film formers, and texture enhancers. These products wash down the drain and contribute to environmental microplastic pollution, which can ultimately cycle back to humans through contaminated water and food.

2024 Cosmetics 42 citations
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Sustainable Assessment of the Environmental Activities of Major Cosmetics and Personal Care Companies

This paper is not directly about microplastics; it assesses the environmental sustainability activities of major cosmetics and personal care companies, including OEM/ODM manufacturers and retailers, covering broad issues like climate change, waste, and water use.

2023 Sustainability 11 citations
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Bibliometric Analysis of Research on Cosmetic Products: Halal Cosmetics as an Emerging Research Area

This bibliometric study analyzed global research trends in cosmetics, finding halal cosmetics as an emerging area. Cosmetics are a significant source of microplastic exposure through microbeads in exfoliants and synthetic polymer ingredients in skincare products.

2023 Halalsphere
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Eco-Designing Cosmetic Products while Preserving the Sensorial-Application Properties: An Instrumental Approach toward Sustainable Formulations

Researchers explored eco-design approaches for reformulating cosmetic skin care products using natural and biodegradable ingredients. The study demonstrated that synthetic texturizers like nylon-12 and PMMA could be replaced with starch, maltodextrin, and silica while maintaining sensorial application properties, supporting the reduction of microplastic-generating ingredients in personal care products.

2024 Cosmetics 11 citations
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An Examination of Microplastics: Environmental Impact, Sustainability, and Recyclability Innovation

This paper examined the environmental impact of microplastics, sustainability implications of current plastic use, and recycling options to address the plastic pollution crisis. It called for a transition toward circular economy approaches that reduce primary plastic production and increase recycled content.

2024 Journal of Student Research
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Towards Sustainable Color Cosmetics Packaging

This paper is not directly about microplastics — it reviews the challenges and strategies for developing sustainable packaging for color cosmetics, focusing on environmental, economic, and consumer behavior factors rather than plastic particle pollution.

2023 Cosmetics 14 citations
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Microplastics in cosmetics and their impact on human health

Researchers reviewed 14 studies on microplastics in cosmetics and personal care products, finding polyethylene is the most common microplastic in facial scrubs, body washes, and toothpaste, with exposure occurring mainly through skin contact and ingestion. Despite growing awareness, major gaps remain in understanding the long-term health effects and environmental persistence of these cosmetic microplastics.

2025 Discover Applied Sciences 1 citations
Systematic Review Tier 1

Sustainable Development Issues in Chemistry Learning as Educational for Sustainable Development Implementation: A Systematic Literature Review

This systematic literature review synthesized research on integrating sustainable development issues into chemistry education. While not directly about microplastics, it identified microplastic pollution as one of the sustainability topics being incorporated into chemistry curricula to help students understand real-world environmental challenges.

2026 Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika dan Sains