If you’re searching for plastic bottles—from shampoo and conditioner bottles, foam pump bottles, to large quantities of wholesale PET lotion bottles—you’ve come to the right place! Specialty Bottle stocks a wide range of plastic packaging with your unique business needs in mind. We offer several stunning colors, shapes and sizes from small TSA approved plastic bottles for travel up to our generous 16 ounce plastic bottles. We sell our wholesale plastic bottles with an assortment of convenient dispenser caps for bath and body products, sprays, liquid soaps, food products and cosmetics.
With our low wholesale plastic bottle prices and volume discounts from Specialty Bottle, you benefit from substantial savings when you buy plastic bottles from our bottle store. If you have questions or want assistance finding the perfect plastic bottle, our knowledgeable packaging experts are happy to help. Continue reading below for answers to frequently asked questions about our many plastic bottle options.
What are the benefits of plastic bottles?
Glass or plastic? It’s a great question and one many of our customers have pondered. The reasons for choosing a plastic bottle instead of a glass bottle are Read More...as varied as the customers who choose them - but some of the reasons might surprise you.
Glass is heavier. For example, the weight of a single glass spray bottle vs. a plastic spray bottle may seem minimal, but multiply that by hundreds or thousands and you’re looking at an enormous difference in weight. That weight difference translates to higher shipping costs which chip away at profit margins. Keeping shipping costs low is a key ingredient to any successful retail business.
Durability. This issue goes beyond the simple issue of glass being breakable. Consider the specific application. For example, perhaps you’re looking for a green shampoo bottle. Consider that this will eventually live in your customer’s shower. Broken glass around bare feet is no fun. There are many everyday products we frequently use (and drop!) that are better suited to non-breakable packaging. Our range of stunning blue, amber and clear plastic bottles in the Boston Round style are nearly indistinguishable from our glass versions, without the risk of breakage, so you can have the aesthetic you want with the added safety and convenience your customers will appreciate. In addition, all Specialty Bottle 2 ounce plastic bottles are TSA approved for carry-on so you can bring your daily skincare routine anywhere you fly without worry.
Cost. In addition to, and partly because of, the difference in weight between plastic and glass bottles, many of our wholesale plastic bottles cost less than half the price of the equivalent glass bottle.
What kind of plastic bottle should I use?
Plastic is plastic, right? Not at all! Plastics are made from raw materials like natural gas, salt, and crude oil that are broken down and combined with a variety of additives. The combination of the key ingredients, the manufacturing process, and the various additives are what give different types of plastics specific attributes. Plastics can be made to be soft or rigid, clear or opaque, or able to resist high temperatures or chemicals. It is one of the most versatile materials on the planet. The type of plastic you’ll want to use is based on what you need it to do for you. All of our plastic bottles are food grade and made of either PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or HDPE (high density polyethylene) plastic. These are the most widely used plastics throughout the world for food, beverage and cosmetic industries.
What is PET Plastic?
PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate which is the most used plastic in the food and beverage industries. It is food safe, FDA approved and BPA free. PET plastic is often chosen as an alternative for glass because it is lightweight and shatterproof yet maintains the gloss, clarity and transparency of glass. Our PET bottles are fairly rigid, which makes them less prone to dents, dings or other imperfections. PET is commonly used for plastic spray bottles, lotion bottles or plastic beverage bottles. Both our Boston Round bottles and Cosmo bottles (also called “bullet bottles”) are made out of PET plastic. PET provides a good alcohol and essential oil barrier and generally good chemical resistance, but is not suitable for ketones, acetones or high temperature applications.
What is HDPE Plastic?
HDPE is the acronym for high-density polyethylene. Our Natural Plastic bottles are made from HDPE and while they share many attributes with our other PET plastic bottles (food safe, BPA Free, lightweight and shatterproof), this material has some additional key benefits. HDPE has good chemical resistance, so it’s preferable for products which contain certain acids, caustics, oils or alcohols, like cleaning agents, detergents, but not with solvents or temperatures over 160ºF, so bear that in mind and consider your production process and end use. HDPE is physically more flexible than PET, so it’s often used for plastic squeeze bottles. We sell our Natural plastic bottles with flip tops in addition to disc caps, spray tops, pumps and standard caps.
We are unable to guarantee compatibility for any specific product or end use. Please contact Customer Service if you’d like to request a sample container for compatibility testing. ...Show Less
