The most direct result of the rise of the visual economy is that people pay more attention to “face engineering”. In every home, there are more or less bottles, toners, moisturizers, and whitening creams on the dressing table….. On a closer look, you will always find that there are a few empty bottles, exquisite and high-end, but they don’t know what they are used for, so they have to be left in place. “Half of the bottles in this row of skin care products are empty, and I don’t know how to deal with these bottles when the cosmetics in them are used up,” Ms. Chen, who is usually keen on beauty and skin care, told a reporter from Washing Cosmetics.com.

Ms. Chen’s situation must have been experienced by many women. When a bottle of lotion is used up, it is a pity to throw away the exquisitely crafted cosmetic bottle. It is placed in the house more and more and takes up space. “Now it is not a beer bottle that can be recycled. It would be great if cosmetic manufacturers also recycle cosmetic bottles.” Like Ms. Chen, many consumers hope that cosmetic manufacturers can recycle cosmetic bottles regularly, which can solve similar problems for consumers and avoid repeated production of packaging resources. And waste. However, although cosmetic bottles are exquisitely made and high-quality materials, recycling is not so simple.

It is understood that after use, the high-quality glass material for cosmetic bottles can be used for refilling after being cleaned by a professional cleaning machine. However, most cosmetics manufacturers believe that by recycling glass bottles such as cosmetic bottles and health care bottles for reuse, the investment in recycling channels will be reduced and the transportation cost will be higher than that of new glass bottle packaging, which makes glass bottle packaging Recycling is met with resistance.
Of course, now some cosmetics manufacturers are also beginning to realize this problem. In November 2011, PBA, a well-known natural cosmetics brand and manufacturer in China, launched an environmental protection activity of “Your empty cosmetic bottles, we recycle; if you do environmental protection, we pay the bill” , Not only the empty cosmetic bottles of this brand are recycled, but the empty cosmetic bottles of other brands can also be recycled, which has attracted the attention and praise of the cosmetics circle.

At the same time, there are also consumer reactions that some unscrupulous merchants recycle high-priced empty bottles of high-end cosmetics to make counterfeit high-end cosmetics and sell them online. It is understood that the industry has two opinions about cosmetics, one is sub-package and the other is original. The so-called original is the direct production of the cosmetics manufacturer, and the sub-package is actually the filling. However, many illegal sellers on the Internet collect empty bottles of brand cosmetics, fill them with inferior cosmetics, and sell them at low prices online. This has also sounded a wake-up call for people in the industry. When the normal recycling channels for cosmetic bottles are not smooth, some unscrupulous merchants with ulterior motives may take advantage of consumers to make money from empty bottles, which not only harms the interests of consumers. , It will also have a negative impact on the reputation of genuine cosmetics brands.