In the UK around 60% of all glass bottles are recycled, but with very little effort, this figure could be much higher. When looking for a packaging solution for your cosmetic products that is environmentally friendly, sustainable glass should always be on your list of options. Glass can be recycled over and over again. Consumers can even re-use any bottles themselves after use and recycle at a later date.

Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in quality or purity – how many other packaging options can boast that?

Glass Bottle Recycling Lifecycle

  • Glass packaging is cleaned out after use and placed in a recycling container to be collected.
  • Recyclables are collected.
  • Glass bottles and other recyclables are taken to a material recovery facility.
  • Recyclables are sorted into different material types.
  • Glass recyclables are sent to a glass processing company.
  • Glass is sorted by colour.
  • Glass manfactures purchase reusable glass and reprocess them into new packaging bottles.
  • Consumers purchase the recycled glass bottles and use the product inside.
  • Glass packaging is then cleaned out and the process starts over again.

Why Use Glass Packaging for your Cosmetic Products?

  • Glass is completely recyclable and can be endlessly reused without loss of quality or purity in the finished product.
  • Recycled glass reduces emissions and consumption of raw mateials.
  • Using recycled glass extends the life of plant equipments and saves energy.
  • Around a ton of natural resouces are saved for every ton of recycled glass used in manufacturing.

We put so much effort into the presentation of our products and making sure that they reflect the true quality of the brand. If these reasons are not enough for you to concider glass packaging for your cosmetic products then there is also all of the basic benefits to using glass bottles for your packaging.

Glass packaging can be customised to suit your needs exactly. You are able to create high end bespoke labling for your products using the latest print technology that can then be applied directly to the bottles.

Glass is extremely efficient at preserving the products that are being stored inside it. Because of the materials properties it is less likely to allow it’s contents to mix with air and other chemicals. The properties of glass packaging also reduce the chances that moisture will get into the packaging.

Using plastic has the risk of leaching chemicals into the product itself, glass, unlike plastic is completely impermeaple and will not impact the product that it is storing in any way.

Cosmetic Packaging and Filling with Fillcon

Established in 2011, it was our intention to show the world that Fillcon was a huge corporate monster, manufacturing and producing billions of cosmetic sachets for the world’s biggest brands…

However, that’s not what we did. We found it was MUCH better to tell the world that we were going to provide our customers with the best sachet quality and customer service we possibly could, and that with every order we received we would give those customers something for free… a HUGE thank you!

We have now expanded our offering of sachets to include tubes and bottles. Our state of the art filling equipment can handle short batch samples and large scale requirements.

It may seem hard to imagine getting excited about glass bottles for cosmetic products – but here at Fillcon, that’s what we do. We are passionate about our work, and we care about every single product that we produce.