Developing sustainable wine packaging can become Hobson’s choice between high carbon emissions and plastic. An estimated 46% of total greenhouse gas emissions between picking grapes and bottling comes from glass production*. Add this to lugging those bottles – which can weigh almost half a kilogram when empty – across continents and suddenly they feel archaic. Especially as most wine is drunk young.
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