![Biodegradable paper wine bottle to debut in the UK
As early as 2012, the UK could see the launch of paper wine bottles. GreenBottle, the company behind the product, manufactures the world’s first milk bottles made of paper.
The revolutionary packaging is made of paper with a thin plastic lining [similar to the bags that contain boxed wine products]. The paper outer shell is compostable and biodegradable. It will break down naturally when disposed of on a compost heap and can be recycled up to seven times. On the compost heap, it will only take a few weeks to decompose.
The inner liner is made of recycled plastic. It can be recycled along with other plastics in the weekly recycling collection. It takes up less than 0.5% of the space of a plastic bottle if dumped in a landfill.
The benefits of paper over glass are many:
The carbon footprint for a wine GreenBottle is 10% of an equivalent glass bottle. GreenBottles are lighter (55g compared with 500g), non-breakable, have insulation (so they will stay cooler longer on the table) and they are the same price as a glass bottle.
Would you buy wine in a paper bottle?
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Biodegradable paper wine bottle to debut in the UK
As early as 2012, the UK could see the launch of paper wine bottles. GreenBottle, the company behind the product, manufactures the world’s first milk bottles made of paper.
The revolutionary packaging is made of paper with a thin plastic lining [similar to the bags that contain boxed wine products]. The paper outer shell is compostable and biodegradable. It will break down naturally when disposed of on a compost heap and can be recycled up to seven times. On the compost heap, it will only take a few weeks to decompose.
The inner liner is made of recycled plastic. It can be recycled along with other plastics in the weekly recycling collection. It takes up less than 0.5% of the space of a plastic bottle if dumped in a landfill.
The benefits of paper over glass are many:
The carbon footprint for a wine GreenBottle is 10% of an equivalent glass bottle. GreenBottles are lighter (55g compared with 500g), non-breakable, have insulation (so they will stay cooler longer on the table) and they are the same price as a glass bottle.
Would you buy wine in a paper bottle?
(source TreeHugger)
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