Aluminum Bottles US HQ – Solar Panel Roof

I’m proud to say that when it comes to environmental consciousness and sustainability, aluminumbottles.com, aka Elemental Container, practices what it preaches. We recently installed solar panels on the roof of the Elemental Container building in Union, NJ. Take a look at the neat pictures below. Click on the pictures to get a blow-up view.  BTW [...]

Aluminum Bottles and “Downweighting”

There’s an excellent article in the Aluminum Association about the benefits of “downweighting”. I guess “downweighting” is now part of our lexicon, just like “downsizing”. In another Aluminum Association article, an aluminum industry executive is quoted as saying “A transition to strong, affordable and carbon-reducing aluminum already is underway, which will enable cars and trucks [...]

New Aluminumbottles.com Website Launched

In case you haven’t noticed, we have a new website.  It has a cleaner look  . . .

Aluminum Perfume Bottles – Keep ‘Em Cold

I came across another article that espouses keeping perfumes and other expensive scents in aluminum bottles and in the refrigerator. This article from Healthmad.com suggests the following: keep the perfumes in their original boxes or store them in aluminum bottles and store the aluminum bottles in the refrigerator at between 37-45 degrees Fahrenheit use aluminum [...]

Aluminum Bottles – Best for Perfumes – But Cold

I came across an interesting article in fashion-rules.com that mentioned aluminum bottles . According to this article, ” . . . preservation of perfumes is of vital significance as it degrades if kept carelessly. In the old times all perfumes used to come in open bottles with caps and these bottles kept the fragrance intact [...]

Guinness Aluminum Beer Bottle

Guinness actually does not have an aluminum beer bottle. But I did come across this really neat design for an aluminum bottle for the venerable English beer by someone named Julien Muller.  You can take a look at his work here. I like the angular shape which is quite different from most aluminum beer bottle [...]

Aluminumbottles.com On Flickr

We’ve decided to add some of our photos to Flickr. You can see the Flickr site here. Our current website has a lot of our product photos. We figured we could give our readers another way to view all the photos quickly in one place, without having to flip through many pages. It’s also an [...]

Aluminum Bottles As Collectibles (And Investments?)

I am simply amazed at collectors’ interest in aluminum bottles. Recently, I posted about the new aluminum bottle packaging for Jack Daniels Whiskey which was just launched last month. They are being sold in 4-packs at $9.99. That means each bottle is retailing at about $2.50 each. I just checked ebay and I found a [...]

Aluminum Bottle Stove

There seems to be no limit to the uses of aluminum bottles. The YouTube clip below shows how to use an aluminum bottle as a stove! It’s well known that aluminum bottles can be used to store fuels and other hazardous materials. Using the bottle to actually burn fuel is certainly a creative twist!

Aluminum Oil Bottles

We’ve seen bikers carry aluminum water bottles. And we know how useful and effective they are for storing essential oils. Now here is a neat way to re-use an aluminum beer bottle. Use it as a motor oil tank for your motorbike! I’m not sure the folks at Budweiser would appreciate the use of their [...]