Yes! Designing our packaging was almost as difficult as designing the formulations that reside within it. Working with a top-tier plastics supplier, we created a single layer plastic tube from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), whilst retaining the properties of a multi-layer plastic tube as tested by ISO standards.

Whilst the special blend of HDPE is perfect for the squeezable tubes, it isn’t suitable for the cap. For this, we opted for Polypropylene (PP). The issue of attaching a cap to the tube may seem simple but in plastics manufacturing, it isn’t. The industry accepted method of using a snap ring to attach the cap to the tube is not good enough for us, as it is incredibly difficult to separate and recycle the individual plastics. Working with our top-tier plastics supplier, a special blend of Polypropylene was developed to incorporate a screw thread, allowing the end user to easily separate out the 2 different plastics used.

As always, we advise our customers to separate the cap from the tube, then simply cut open the top of the tube with a pair of scissors and wash out the remnants before recycling.

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