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Ball Corporation Invests in Efficient Spanish Can Manufacturing Facility

October 5, 2018October 4, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Ball Corporation has invested more than 100 million euros ($115 million) in a new state-of-the-art beverage can plant in Spain. Located in Cabanillas del Campo, Guadalajara, the facility saves energy and water.

Carlsberg Ditches Plastic Wrapping for Snapping Six-Pack Design

September 13, 2018September 12, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Carlsberg is replacing plastic wrapping for six packs with a new design called the Snap Pack that glues cans together. The Copenhagen-based brewery expects that this beer industry first will reduce the amount of plastic used in traditional multi-packs by as much as 76%. Snap Pack works by attaching cans ... Read more »

Coca-Cola Great Britain Pilots Reverse Vending Machines

July 27, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Coca-Cola Great Britain launched a trial initiative with Merlin Entertainments to install reverse vending machines at four attraction sites this summer. Each bottle recycled in the machines provides a 50%-off voucher for one of the UK-based company’s amusement park locations.

Starbucks Vows To Ditch Plastic Straws by 2020

July 13, 2018September 11, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Starbucks announced plans to phase plastic straws from its stores worldwide by 2020. The decision is expected to eliminate more than 1 billion straws from the company’s 28,000 stores annually. A new recyclable lid will replace straws and become standard for most of Starbucks’ iced drinks. Eliminating straws came in ... Read more »

European Food-Grade CO2 Shortage Cascades Across Supply Chains

July 3, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

The European food and beverage industry is currently experiencing a food-grade CO2 supply crisis stemming from technical issues with several ammonia plants. Companies across the industry from brewers to meat processors are grappling with the shortage.

Castello Banfi Adopts an Evolving Sustainability Strategy: Q&A with Cristina Mariani-May

April 25, 2018October 8, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

Cristina Mariani-May, president and CEO at Banfi Vintners, discusses the biggest sustainability issues in the wine industry, and how her company is working to minimize its environmental footprint.

Owens-Illinois Achieves Cradle to Cradle Gold Rating in Industry First

February 20, 2018March 1, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Glass container manufacturer Owens-Illinois (O-I) is the first food and beverage packaging company to receive gold-level certification for material health and re-utilization under the Cradle to Cradle standard. Based in Perrysburg, Ohio, O-I makes glass packaging for leading brands and had revenues of $6.9 billion last year. Certification is based ... Read more »

Coke’s Pledge: Collect & Recycle Same Number of Bottles We Sell (Even If They’re Not Ours)

February 12, 2018February 12, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

The Coca-Cola Company recently launched a new initiative to collect and recycle the equivalent of every bottle or can it sells globally by 2030. The ambitious plan, called World Without Waste, will focus on the full packaging lifecycle from initial design to repurposing and recycling. “We believe in the circular ... Read more »

Dr Pepper, Coca-Cola, Pepsi Spend Millions on Water Quality

August 14, 2012August 15, 2012 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Dr Pepper Snapple Group has pledged $1 million over the next four years to protect Texas watersheds that provide water for its bottling plants. The money will fund preservation and restoration projects at five of the Nature Conservancy’s preserves — covering about 7,500 acres of land — in the watersheds ... Read more »

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