The Sustainability Driver for Wine in PET Bottles
A Life Cycle Analysis quantifies the cumulative environmental impacts from all product stages, including raw material acquisition and processing, product manufacturing, distribution, use, disposal, and recycling. A Life Cycle Analysis of PET bottles for wine yields favorable information, particularly when compared to glass bottles. The production of 750ml bottles for wine generates fewer greenhouse gases (GHG) than the production of comparable glass bottles. Since a PET bottle is typically 70 to 80 percent lighter, additional GHG emission reductions are realized in transportation along with cost savings. PET wine bottles are 100 percent recyclable into new products, including packaging. Boisset builds brand with PET
When French winemaker Boisset Family Estate launched its Yellow Jersey wine in PET bottles with Constar’s MonOxbar® barrier technology, not only was it a first for Canada, it was a savvy brand-building move. The walls of the custom bottle feature molded-in jerseys, giving the bottle a unique look and feel and tying the package more closely to the brand. Constar employs CONSTruct™ advanced predictive engineering and i-Design™ software to quickly create custom packages like the Yellow Jersey wine bottle and optimize materials use and performance.
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Specialty Beverages
Beer and Flavored Alcoholic Beverages
Sporting events, weekends at the beach or lake, outdoor entertaining—events such as these call for packaging that is lightweight and won’t break. Constar has the solution in lightweight, shatterproof PET bottles with advanced barrier protection that provide a perfectly portable package for beer and flavored alcoholic beverages.
Constar supplies PET bottles with Oxbar® oxygen scavenger technology to major beer and flavored alcoholic beverage manufacturers and to the distilled spirits industry in the United States and abroad. This technology keeps beverages fresh and full of refreshing flavor.
With multiple locations in North America and Europe, we are well positioned to facilitate large-scale conversions from glass bottles to PET containers for beer and flavored alcoholic beverages.
Wine
Winemakers in North America, Europe, Australia, and South Africa have discovered that PET wine bottles from Constar are allowing them to reach new markets and create new excitement for their wines.
What’s driving this growing trend? There are a number of factors:
- A growing interest in environmentally friendly packaging
- The desire to give consumers more convenient packaging options
- The opportunity to expose consumers to wine in more settings and occasions
Constar’s monolayer PET wine bottles are lightweight, non-breakable, portable, recloseable, and with the addition of our proprietary oxygen-scavenging technology, MonOxbar® and DiamondClear®, a package that protects the subtle flavor, aroma, and color nuances of the various wine varietals. And, we give winemakers exciting new option for converting from glass to PET. Custom bottle designs are an option.
PET wine bottles offer many marketing opportunities in terms of enhanced sustainability and portability, and provide a shatterproof option for venues such as parks, swimming pools, beaches, concerts, and stadiums where glass containers are prohibited. Lightweight PET bottles enable wines to chill down quickly, another big plus!