Glassia

Glassia is a social enterprise providing reusable glass bottled water, eliminating plastic from the water consumption value chain, to create plastic-free and circular bottled water products and services locally. The first Glassia facility was tested in Da Nang and began operations in March 2021.

Glassia transforms the linear bottled water value chain into a circular system of “collection – sterilization – refilling” through an integrated and decentralized model. The business produces and distributes high-quality ISO and HACCP certified glass bottled drinking water, as well as distributes and collects bottles locally to reduce costs and promote businesses to switch to the reuse model. After achieving its first year target, Glassia increased production and can now fill up to 5 million bottles per year, offsetting 1044 tons of carbon emissions per factory.

Glassia’s primary customers are sustainability-minded businesses and organizations looking for alternatives to plastic, including hotels, resorts, restaurants, banquet halls, offices, and more. Glassia currently provides its services to many different restaurant chains and hotel groups in the Da Nang and Hoi An area including Radisson, Hyatt, Hoiana, Premier Village, Novotel and Pizza 4Ps.

One of the biggest challenges in the early stages of establishing Glassia’s was that Vietnamese consumers were still unfamiliar with the concepts of circular economy and sustainable consumption. For the vast majority of consumers, plastic water bottles are reasonably priced and very convenient to carry. Changing consumption habits seems difficult but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. Glassia offers a solution that eliminates plastic waste at the source and with modern and educational brand communications, Glassia wants to encourage consumers to consider circularity and its impact on environment. Now, Glassia plans to expand across Vietnam and around the world to bring this smart, affordable option to more regions to directly eliminate the use of plastic.