Sustainable Packaging Design Elements: The Analysis of Skincare Packaging on Consumer Purchase Decisions of Millennials

As the cosmetic industry becomes saturated, businesses are trying to attain innovative ways to get customers to purchase skincare products. This study aims to discover the linkage of sustainable packaging design elements of skincare products to consumer purchase decisions. The study consisted of 385 respondents residing within Metro Manila and used random sampling and correlational quantitative design, and a survey questionnaire as the instrument. Before the survey dissemination, the instrument was tested for validity and reliability. The pilot involved 30 respondents, and the alpha value returned a value of 0.852. Regression analysis was used to determine the statistical significance of the variables. The findings suggest that sustainable packaging plays an important role in influencing consumer purchase intention, influencing the consumer purchasing decision. Thus, researchers will be gathering insights from the data to develop innovative and sustainable packaging.

Sustainable Packaging of Quantum Chemistry Software with the Nix Package Manager

The installation of quantum chemistry software packages is commonly done manually and can be a time-consuming and complicated process. An update of the underlying Linux system requires a reinstallation in many cases and can quietly break software installed on the system. In this paper, we present an approach that allows for an easy installation of quantum chemistry software packages, which is also independent of operating system updates. The use of the Nix package manager allows building software in a reproducible manner, which allows for a reconstruction of the software for later reproduction of scientific results. The build recipes that are provided can be readily used by anyone to avoid complex installation procedures.