When buying laundry detergent, people usually pay attention to the formula and fragrance but rarely notice the packaging bottle. However, for both brands and consumers, the material of the laundry detergent bottle directly affects the user experience, transportation safety, and even product quality.
Among various materials, PE plastic bottles have long become the industry mainstream with their solid strength. For plastic container suppliers, this type of packaging is also a core category for undertaking daily chemical orders, as it can perfectly meet relevant needs. Today, we will break down its core advantages and tell you why it has become the dual first choice for both brands and consumers!
Most laundry detergents come in large-capacity packaging of 1-5L, which is quite heavy when filled with liquid. The bumps during transportation, collisions during handling, and accidental drops during household use are all "tests" for the bottle body. The strong toughness of PE material perfectly copes with these scenarios:
PE has excellent impact resistance. Tests have shown that when dropped from a height of 1.2-1.5m onto a hard ground, the bottle body is not easy to break or leak—an advantage that is hard to match with materials such as PP and PET. Even in the low-temperature environment of northern winters, PE bottles will not become brittle and easy to crack like other materials, and can easily adapt to storage conditions in different regions.
For brands, it can greatly reduce the transportation damage rate and lower after-sales costs; for consumers, whether placed on the balcony or in the bathroom, there is no need to worry about liquid leakage and pollution from daily bumps.
Laundry detergent has a complex composition, including surfactants, builders, fragrances, softeners, etc. Some products are also weakly alkaline. If the packaging bottle material has poor chemical resistance, it is easy to cause the bottle body to swell, crack, or even release harmful substances to contaminate the laundry detergent, affecting the use effect and safety. Its chemical stability is extremely strong, which can be called a "safety shield" for laundry detergent.
It will not react with any components in the laundry detergent, and can firmly lock the liquid inside the bottle. It will neither deform or damage the bottle body, nor contaminate the laundry detergent or change its formula performance. Even for long-term storage, it can ensure the stable quality of the laundry detergent—which is one of the core reasons why major daily chemical brands prefer to choose it as plastic packaging for products.
For brands, the processing difficulty and cost of packaging bottles directly affect product pricing. PE material has obvious advantages in this regard:
For example, the handle of the common large-capacity laundry detergent bottle is a reflection of this advantage, with a comfortable and firm grip. Whether it is a conventional round bottle or a customized special-shaped bottle, it can be easily adapted, facilitating plastic packaging suppliers to meet the needs of different brands.
It has excellent sealing performance. Combined with screw caps, pumps, etc., it can effectively block air and moisture from entering the bottle, avoid the laundry detergent from getting damp, oxidizing and deteriorating, and extend the product shelf life. After daily use, tighten the cap, and there is no need to worry about liquid leakage even if inverted, which is convenient for storage and carrying.
More importantly, PE material is a recyclable plastic with a high recycling rate, which conforms to the current trend of environmentally friendly packaging. For plastic packaging companies, environmentally conscious brands and consumers, choosing PE laundry detergent bottles is not only a choice to follow the industry trend but also a contribution to green environmental protection.
Some people may ask, PP and PET bottles are also very common, so why choose PE? You will understand by looking at this set of comparisons:
2. PE vs. PET Material: PET material has high transparency and good appearance, but poor impact resistance and easy to break when dropped; long-term contact with surfactants in laundry detergent may cause slight swelling, so it is not suitable for conventional large-capacity laundry detergent.
In summary, from the transportation safety, cost control, and quality protection concerned by plastic bottle suppliers to the user experience, cost-effectiveness, and environmental protection needs valued by consumers, PE laundry detergent bottles have delivered a perfect answer. Its mainstream status is never accidental, but a two-way fit between strength and demand.