BrewBoard Goes with Tonejet for Short Run, Direct-to-Can Digital Label Printing

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Oct 13, 2020 | Eco beer news, Packaging materials

BrewBoard, a Cambridge, UK-based independent craft brewer, prides itself on producing craft beers with distinctive and characterful branding. To further this effort, the brewery is enhancing its can designs with Tonejet Cyclone’s direct-to-can...

Anheuser-Busch Announces Partnership to Develop a More Sustainable Beer Can

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Oct 6, 2020 | Eco beer news, Packaging materials

In a first for the canned beverage industry, Michelob ULTRA to pilot beer cans made from innovative low-carbon aluminum PR / St. Louis, MO (October, 2020) -– Beer drinkers will soon be able to enjoy their favorite brew out of cans that are not only infinitely...

PakTech Joins U.S. Plastics Pact, What it Means and Doesn’t Mean for Helping the Environment

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Sep 27, 2020 | Packaging materials

Plastic packaging manufacturer PakTech, the leading producer of rigid plastic can carriers within the craft beer industry, claims its product are an environmentally sustainable part of a closed-loop system that supports a circular economy. But its track record of...

Heineken Goes 100% Plastic Free in the UK With Paperboard Packaging Innovation

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Aug 20, 2020 | Eco beer news, Packaging materials

PR / UNITED KINGDOM (August, 2020) — This summer, despite major operational obstructions caused by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, HEINEKEN UK rolls out its innovative 100% plastic-free cardboard topper across thousands of UK retailers. The topper will feature on...

Ska Brewing Repurposes Old Cans Amid Aluminum Can Shortage

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Aug 10, 2020 | Eco beer news, Packaging materials, Recycling

PR / DURANGO, CO (August, 2020) — Can manufacturers around the country are operating at capacity, and as the aluminum can shortage continues to grow many craft brewers are facing supply issues. But for pioneering canners Ska Brewing this latest hurdle presents...

Ball Signs Agreements to Strengthen 100% European Renewable Energy Goals

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jul 23, 2020 | Climate change, Packaging materials

PR / BROOMFIELD, CO, July, 2020 — Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) today announced that it has executed two virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) in Europe – one for the Corral Nuevo project with wpd and one for the Brattmyrliden project with Falck Renewables –...