The results of a project to support the UK wine sector to reduce its glass waste & carbon emissions were published 18 May 2010. GlassRite Wine was commissioned by WRAP to identify opportunities for the sector to make environmental & commercial savings. Starting 2006 & ending March 2010, the project has contributed CO2 savings of almost 35,000/tpa by reducing glass bottle weight by a total 27,048/t through the use of lighter weight bottles & increasing the use of recycled glass in UK wine bottle manufacture by 44,295/tpa, by increasing bulk importation of wine for UK filling by equivalent of 190M 75cl glass bottles. It is also estimated that switching to bulk importation from traditional pre-bottled transportation makes a further CO2 saving up to 40%. To download the report, please go to WRAP's website: www.wrap.org.uk
