Passage of Connecticut Bottle Bill Expansion Legislation Demonstrates Progress for Container Deposit Programs

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jun 9, 2021 | Eco-friendly consumer, Packaging materials, Recycling

PR / Connecticut (June, 2021) – The Connecticut General Assembly’s passage of a bill to upgrade the state’s beverage container deposit law (aka bottle bill) – the most significant bottle bill expansion legislation passed in the U.S. in about a decade – marks a major...

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 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...

Damm and Ball launch world’s first Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certified beverage cans

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Mar 25, 2021 | Packaging materials

PR / Barcelona (March, 2021) — Damm, a leading beverage company in Spain, and a major player in the food, hospitality, logistics and distribution industries, has achieved ASI (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative) Performance Standard and Chain of Custody Standard...

Environmental Groups Call to End Single Use Products as UN Environment Assembly Set to Discuss Sustainability

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Feb 19, 2021 | Packaging materials, Sustainable design

Make “throwaway go away” if you care about the planet, environmental groups say PR / Planet Earth (February, 2021) – As government representatives from 193 countries prepare to discuss “Strengthening Actions for Nature”[1], 188 environmental groups from around...

Nine States to Hold Plastic Packaging Producers Responsible Through EPR Laws

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Feb 6, 2021 | Packaging materials, Recycling

Legislators from Nine States Announce Coordinated Effort to Hold Plastic Packaging Producers Responsible PR / Washington, D.C. (February, 2021) – Today state legislators from nine states announced a coordinated effort to hold producers responsible for the end-of-life...