In 2020, the demand for wines in bag-in-box increased in several European countries. A survey conducted by Smurfit Kappa, a BiB manufacturer, and Wine Intelligence shows a large increase in BiB wines in France and the UK in the last six months. Wine in cans is also beginning to show up on the shelves in several countries.
Figuring out how to reduce the weight of wine packaging keeps many researchers busy. Maybe the future will be bottles made of linen and paper. The French company Green Gen Technologies is working on a project for a bottle made of braided linen and natural resins. The bottle weighs 190 grams and is very robust. It is covered on the inside with plastic foil.
Frugal Pac, a British company, makes a bottle of recycled paper. It weighs 83 grams, is lined on the inside with plastic and has a carbon footprint that is six times lower than a glass bottle. A standard glass bottle weighs 450-650 grams.
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