Wine industry brainstorms on lighter bottles
Members of the wine industry have admitted more could be done to reduce the environmental impact of heavy weight bottles.
A forum held by the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) and WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) discussed what can be done to increase the availability of lightweight glass bottles in the UK wine sector.
WRAP, Constellation Europe, Kingsland Wine & Spirits, Quinn Glass and Ardagh Glass UK all made presentations at the event.
John Corbet-Milward, WSTA head of technical and international affairs said: "This is a challenge facing the whole industry because it's clear the UK wine sector needs to reduce the thousands of tonnes of packaging waste it produces every year.
"We are pleased to have brought industry players face to face and delighted they have agreed to work more closely in future on the issue of lighter weight bottles."
Companies in attendance
Allied Glass
Ardagh Glass
Asda Stores Ltd
Australian Vintage Ltd
Bibendum Wine Ltd
British Glass
Broadland Wineries Ltd
Brown-Forman Wines
Buckingham Vintners International Ltd
Concha y Toro UK Limited
Constellation Europe
Co-operative Group Ltd
Corby Bottlers plc
Direct Wines
E & J Gallo Winery Europe
Fdration des Chambres Syndicales de l'Industrie du Verre
Fells
Foster's EMEA Ltd.
Freixenet (DWS) Ltd
Guy Anderson Wines Ltd
Hatch Mansfield Agencies Ltd
HwCg Wine Growers Ltd
Imperial Brands
Kingsland Wines & Spirits
Marks & Spencer plc
Oakdene Hollins
O-I
Pernod-Ricard
PLB Group
Quinn Glass Ltd
Raisin Social Ltd
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
Saint-Gobain Packaging
Somerfield Stores Ltd
Tesco Stores Ltd
Thierry's Wine Services
Wines of South Africa
WRAP
WSTA
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