There’s a lot to weigh up when buying a new beauty product, such as whether it’s been tested on animals, or whether the packaging is recyclable and the bottle refillable. But have you considered the benefits of small-batch production?
As the name suggests, small-batch production involves making fewer units of a product, which avoids overproduction and waste, as Laura Rudoe, founder and chief executive of Evolve Organic Beauty, tells us.
“We make our products based on customer demand, which makes them fresher, leading to fewer products reaching their sell-by date,” she says. “It also means we never scrap or write off unwanted products.”
Contract manufacturers generally want to do runs of 5,000-10,000 for each size of a product. Evolve Organic Beauty typically does runs of 500-1,000 at a time, or…
