Craft Brewers Ditching Plastic Can Carriers For Eco-Conscious Options

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jul 23, 2021 | Eco beer news, Eco-friendly consumer, Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Recycling, Sustainable design

PLANET EARTH – Craft beverage producers are increasingly ditching plastic can carriers in favor of more environmentally conscious options. Among the most cited reasons are that single-use plastic packaging has proven surprisingly difficult to recycle, and the...

Massachusetts Breweries Mark First Milestone With Can Carrier Reuse & Recycle Initiative

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jul 13, 2021 | Eco-friendly consumer, Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Recycling

PR / Metro Boston (July, 2021) — An initiative aimed at decreasing the millions of plastic can carriers that end up going to landfill or incineration each year in Massachusetts reached its first milestone last week with the successful completion of a Metro Boston...

Just One Tenth of Plastic Can Carriers Get Re-Used Or Recycled in Massachusetts: A Team of Eco-Minded Breweries and Environmental Groups Plan to Change That

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...

Plastic Can Carriers Re-Use and Recycling Best Practices

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 for re-use or proper recycling. A successful...

Plastic Can Carriers & Rings Recycling Fact Sheet

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...

Clean Ups, Conservation Efforts, Recycling and Special Beer Releases: How Some Massachusetts Breweries Are Raising Awareness for Earth Day

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 13, 2021 | Eco beer news, Eco charity give back, Eco-friendly consumer, Featured blogs, Recycling

PRESS RELEASE / Massachusetts (April, 2021) — As the 51st celebration of Earth Day approaches (Thursday, April 22), and interest in planet-friendly business practices increases among consumers, a group of environmentally conscious Massachusetts breweries is...