CLEVELAND, July 12, 2022 - Sustainability is of increasing importance in the US wipes market, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis.
Suppliers of baby, personal hygiene, and household wipe products continue developing items that appeal to consumer desires for sustainability and environmental safety. Consumers increasingly want their products to have ingredient transparency, be biodegradable, and be derived from natural sources. These trends – coupled with regulatory actions to influence the development of products that have improved flushability or less plastic content – will encourage greater use of these products going forward.
Addressing Flushability & Dispersability Concerns
In 2020, major players in the wipes and nonwovens market – such as Nice-Pak, Rockline, Kimberly-Clark, Procter & Gamble, and Essity – formed the Responsible Flushing Alliance to address flushability and dispersability issues with wipes that are not designed to be flushable entering wastewater streams. The first goal of the Alliance is to educate end users on wipes disposal and to promote "Do Not Flush" labels on products that are not suitable for sewer lines. Additionally, both INDA and individual wipes suppliers continue to try to educate consumers about the issue.
Looking forward, demand for many wipes products will benefit greatly from the development of products that can be demonstrated to be flushable and dispersible by the standards of all interested parties.
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Wipes provides historical data for 2011, 2016, and 2021 and forecasts for 2026 and 2030 for wipe demand in units and current dollars (which are not adjusted to account for inflation) by product (wet wipes and dry wipes), market, and application.
Markets (applications):
baby wipes
personal care (personal hygiene wipes, facial wipes, hand cleaning moist wipes and towelettes, medicated wipes, other)
household care (general purpose cleaning wipes, floor care wipes, other)
manufacturing (general purpose wipes, special purpose wipes)
healthcare (patient care wipes, hard surface disinfectant wipes, skin disinfectant wipes ,other)
commercial & industrial (foodservice wipes, other)
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