Steba and sustainability: here are the new airless bottles made of recycled PP

May 31, 2021 | Green Packaging, Steba Products

PP airless bottles, Steba

@Valentina Santoro

Steba’s commitment to researching environmentally friendly materials continues: today we want to introduce you to the airless bottles made of PP – recycled polypropylene that will soon be available in our catalog. In fact, Steba wants to encourage theconscious and sustainableuse of plastic through its proper disposal and reuse.

The recycled PP airless bottles.

Steba has recently introduced airless bottles made of recycled PP into its offerings. Thus, after recycled PET, the company continues to pursue its goal of offering the indispensable advantages of plastic with a focus on environmental issues. Let us then see the strengths of this new product by analyzing its two main features:

  • the airless technology
  • the recycled PP polypropylene

Airless technology

Translating from English, airless literally means airless. This is precisely the great plus of such technology: the ability to store, transport and dispense the internal, contained product without it coming into contact with theexternal environment.

Steba airless bottles
In fact, the airless bottles are equipped with a movable base that, by operating the dispensing pump, rises and pushes the fluid up, causing it to flow out of the hole. In this way, the risk of:

  • contaminations
  • anticipated deterioration
  • Undesirable chemical processes due to the presence of oxygen

Thanks to all these advantages the airless bottles are perfect for cosmetics as well as pharmaceutical and herbal products that need maximum hygiene and safety. The only prerequisite is that the product must be creamy, viscous and fluid in consistency.
Otherwise, the package cannot guarantee dispensing, and another type of packaging will have to be targeted. For example:

The recycled PP polypropylene

Technically, polypropylene is a thermoplastic polymer derived from petroleum and invented around the 1950s. PP is used in the production of so many items. For example, furniture and design pieces, food trays and clothes. Even the special nonwoven fabric of surgical masks is made of polypropylene.

Green airless bottles, Steba
@Valentina Santoro
In the world of packaging, it is definitely one of the best choices. In fact, it is a material that allows us to store the product while respecting all mandatory hygienic protocols. Moreover, like all other plastic materials, it makes it easy to transport, store and maintain. As mentioned, the one proposed by Steba for the new airless bottles is recycled PP.
As you can read in this in-depth article, the company’s desire is to create a catalog composed of bothvirgin plastic products and recycled plastic bottles. This is because we are convinced that sustainability does not come from the absolute abolition of this material, but from its conscious use.

Plastics and sustainability: recycling is the key

Plastic’s lack of sustainability lies not in the material, but in its careless use. Recycling is the real key to making its production greener. In fact, in itself, plastic has unquestionable advantages that allow us on the one hand to have practical and manageable products, and on the other hand to respect basic hygiene protocols. The damage produced on the environment by plastics stems mainly from the little care that humans take in its disposal.
Steba has decided to raise awareness in this direction and, if you are interested in the topic, we recommend that you learn more by reading the article The disposal and reuse of plastic in containers.