An apparatus for filling a material into a receptacle , said apparatus comprising: (i) a material reservoir for containing an amount of the material to be filled and a filling station adjacent the material reservoir; (ii) a receptacle handling unit comprising a pair of axially aligned bushes for collecting a receptacle from a receptacle reservoir, wherein the receptacle comprises a receptacle body and a receptacle closure ; and (iii) a bush pair handling system (6 or 7) comprising a means for separating the receptacle into the receptacle body and the receptacle closure , said means comprising a pair of mating bushes provided with axially aligned bores, wherein the mating bushes are capable of independently handling the receptacle body and the receptacle closure by being separated into a body bush (10 or 11) and a closure bush (8 or 9); characterised in that the bush pair handling system comprises: (a) means for temporarily attaching and detaching the one or both of the bushes from the bush pair handling system (6 or 7) whereby the means for temporarily attaching and detaching comprises a fork (12 or 13) at the end of an extension arm, said fork being adapted to wrap around a bush body and engage with a circumferential shoulder, enabling the bush to be located and lifted; (b) means for transporting the receptacle body to the filling station and aligning the receptacle body with a filler nozzle at the filling station , said means comprising a robotic arm; (c) means for transporting the filled receptacle body from the filling station to a closure unit for refitting the receptacle closure ; and (d) means for segregating compliant receptacles from non-compliant receptacles; wherein the bush pair handling systems (6 or 7) comprise securely located closure bushes (8 or 9) resting in respective forks (12 or 13) in extension arms (14 and 15), said forks (12 or 13) being capable of being located about a body bush (10 or 11) and allowing the detachment of the body bush from the extension arm. (i) a material reservoir for containing an amount of the material to be filled and a filling station adjacent the material reservoir; (ii) a receptacle handling unit comprising a pair of axially aligned bushes for collecting a receptacle from a receptacle reservoir, wherein the receptacle comprises a receptacle body and a receptacle closure ; and (iii) a bush pair handling system (6 or 7) comprising a means for separating the receptacle into the receptacle body and the receptacle closure , said means comprising a pair of mating bushes provided with axially aligned bores, wherein the mating bushes are capable of independently handling the receptacle body and the receptacle closure by being separated into a body bush (10 or 11) and a closure bush (8 or 9); (a) means for temporarily attaching and detaching the one or both of the bushes from the bush pair handling system (6 or 7) whereby the means for temporarily attaching and detaching comprises a fork (12 or 13) at the end of an extension arm, said fork being adapted to wrap around a bush body and engage with a circumferential shoulder, enabling the bush to be located and lifted; (b) means for transporting the receptacle body to the filling station and aligning the receptacle body with a filler nozzle at the filling station , said means comprising a robotic arm; (c) means for transporting the filled receptacle body from the filling station to a closure unit for refitting the receptacle closure ; and (d) means for segregating compliant receptacles from non-compliant receptacles; <EOS>