by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jan 13, 2021 | Eco beer news, Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Renewable energy, Wastewater
This story first appeared as a feature in the December January 2021 issue of Yankee Brew News Featured image by Hans Graheim Craft beer is often painted with a broad “green” brush, a reputation that arguably exists for good reason. In an energy and resource intensive...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Dec 8, 2020 | Eco beer news, Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Recycling, Sustainable design
As part of Canada’s single-use plastics ban, many brewers have ditched PakTechs Most Canadian beer drinkers will tell you that the U.S. craft beer scene is several years ahead of Canada’s in many ways, accept when it comes to packaging that is. It’s...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Aug 4, 2020 | Featured blogs
A number of studies suggest that consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable products. One of the most recent, a 2019 survey by Computer Generated Solutions (CGS), found that two thirds of consumers said it was a major consideration, and that they’d be...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jul 14, 2020 | Eco-friendly consumer, Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Recycling
Much has been written about the problems associated with packaging beer in those flimsy plastic film six-pack rings or rigid snap-on can carriers, neither of which are curbside recyclable. As for the other plastic culprit in craft beer – festival and beer garden...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jul 7, 2020 | Eco beer news, Featured blogs, Packaging materials
Ever wondered why some of the world’s top rated breweries don’t use plastic can carriers? Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker recently confirmed that it was a deliberate decision for at least two of them. Given its environmentally conscious approach to doing...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jun 15, 2020 | Eco beer news, Featured blogs, Renewable energy
It may not be part of the German Purity Law known as the Reinhietzgebot, yet energy is a vital ingredient in beer. But “what do megajoules have to do with hectoliters? Everything, if you are considering the energy intensity of manufacturing beer,”...
