Innovative refill solution to cut the excess plastic by Greiner Packaging
Greiner Packaging is now giving a solution that is as quick as it is environmentally friendly: a sustainable refill bottle that can utilize for liquids in spray containers such as household cleaning products.
The bottle can be applied for repetitious refill doses, giving the work of four regular spray bottles and trigger sprayers – a straightforward and affordable way to cut down on plastic waste.
- New, environmentally friendly, 200-ml refill packaging solution for multiple doses of household cleaning products and chemicals
- It becomes the position of four separate spray bottles and trigger sprayers
- Bottles made of HDPE, PP, or PET material
- Practical flip top cap with guiding nozzle
- Reliable and constant dosing and combined level indicator
- Intelligent refill cycle decreases plastic use by up to 85 percent
Refilling is one part of where sustainability begins. Why purchase a new spray bottle every time you require household cleaner when there is instantly an efficient and eco-friendly alternative to refill your bottle?
This was Greiner Packaging’s motive to team up with its in-house design agency DesPro and generate a new refill idea for plastic spray bottles for household chemicals.
Benefits of refilling
The recently developed 200mL refill bottle is made of HDPE, PP, or PET material and measures just around 16 grams in its preliminary design. It includes 200ml of concentrate, which produces ten times its liquid volume over four spray bottle refills.
Each secure, 50 ml dose can also be customized to 30 ml or 40 ml. This is done within a unique valve and a guiding nozzle that suits all standard spray bottles. Thanks to their configuration, the new refill bottles make it easy for users to squeeze out their contents inconsistent doses – plus, they can also provide them with an attractive label.
Also, the nonremovable, hinged snap-on lid is fitted with a safety lock. And a user-friendly level indicator completes the list of practical features. As a result, the newly designed bottle is well placed to meet all current market requirements.
Up to 85 percent less plastic used
Greiner Packaging is committed to advancing a sustainable circular economy that, in addition to recycling, also delivers reductions in plastic material used. Consumers can get as much out of a single new refill bottle as they otherwise could from four separate plastic spray bottles, including trigger sprayers. Over its lifecycle, original 500 ml spray bottles and trigger sprayers can produce 10,000 individual 1-ml sprays, ensuring that they can be used to their maximum potential.
We were primarily aiming to reduce material use when we developed the new spray bottle multidose refill. The amount saved increases exponentially throughout the intelligent refill cycle – ultimately yielding a reduction of up to 85 percent. Each year, this could save up to 1,000 metric tons of plastic if we assume 20 million standard spray bottles a year. To be sustainable, the reuse of a spray bottle and its refills must become a new normal.
Tõnu Kundla, International Business Development Manager at Greiner Packaging
More eye-catching on the store shelf
The new refill bottles developed by Greiner Packaging and DesPro ensure a more eye-catching look at the point of sale than other refill packaging solutions simply because of their size. They also have a large surface area that can be designed or decorated attractively for consumers.
The outer packaging is no longer strictly necessary here, which further reduces material use while underscoring the sustainable approach. The simple, intuitive, and safe dispensing process makes the bottle extremely consumer-friendly. And the option of producing the entire bottle from PCR plastic makes this already cost-effective solution even more sustainable.
Maximum flexibility and recyclability
The refill bottle can be made of HDPE, PP, or PET according to the customer’s preference, while the lid can be made from HDPE or PP. Greiner Packaging puts great emphasis on ensuring that the overall packaging is as recyclable as possible. This same approach is consistently applied when selecting materials and decorative elements, and the plastics experts consult individually with customers on each project in line with the principles of a circular economy. The valve included in the lid enables the product to be dispensed in an ideal manner with a high degree of precision. This valve part can be mechanically separated later in the recycling process, which increases the packaging solution’s recyclability as a whole.
