The packaging solution is available now in 0.75-litre and 1-litre bottle sizes and is already being used in Austria by the pilot customer and development partner Wegenstein
The plastic packaging specialist ALPLA is launching a recyclable wine bottle made of PET. The bottle weighs approximately only an eighth of a glass bottle, reduces the carbon footprint by up to 50 per cent and allows for price savings of up to 30 per cent. It can be made entirely of recycled PET (rPET). The packaging solution is available now in 0.75-litre and 1-litre bottle sizes and is already being used in Austria by the pilot customer and development partner Wegenstein.
The global packaging specialist ALPLA has added a PET wine bottle to its product range. The 0.75-litre bottle weighs just 50 grams – around eight times less than the alternative made of glass. The first white wine bottles belonging to the Wegenstein winery recently went into circulation in the Austrian wine market, making them part of the Europe-wide bottle-to-bottle loop. The sustainable solution reduces carbon consumption by 38 per cent compared to the glass alternative – and that’s even without rPET content. The PET bottle is now also available in a 1-litre version. ALPLA plans to already be manufacturing several million units a year from 2025 and is planning solutions made entirely of rPET. The plastic packaging meets all the quality requirements, is available as a transparent or a green bottle and is suitable for all types of wine.