by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 27, 2021 | Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Recycling
PR / Massachusetts (April, 2021) — It’s estimated* that at least 10 million new plastic can carriers are used annually by breweries in Massachusetts, with just 10% of them being collected and re-used, and less than 2% of them ever getting recycled. As a result, the...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco beer news, Featured blogs, Recycling
Any brewery packaging beer in rigid plastic can carriers or plastic film rings should have a formal take-back program acknowledging that they are NOT curbside recyclable and encouraging consumers to return them to a brewery (including its own) for re-use or proper...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 19, 2021 | Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Recycling
Despite the manufacturer’s marketing claims, rigid plastic can carriers and plastic film six-pack rings are NOT curbside recyclable in Massachusetts and most other states. This has been verified by the RecycleSmart website, an initiative of the Massachusetts...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 18, 2021 | Eco beer news, Eco charity give back
PR / LITTLETON, CO (April, 2020) – Kicking off during National Park Week (April 17-April 25), Breckenridge Brewery is announcing its new In Good CO. campaign, through which it will donate 1% of proceeds from all beer sold this summer to the National Parks Conservation...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 14, 2021 | Renewable energy
576-module parking canopy to provide 50% of Lawson’s Finest’s electricity PR / Waitsfield, VT (April, 2021) – Lawson’s Finest Liquids is celebrating Earth Day a few days early this year, unveiling plans on Thursday for a 495-module solar canopy at its brewery and...