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 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 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...

New Report Ranks U.S. States On Recycling Performance; Finds Data, Policy and Infrastructure Investment Critical to Improving Recycling Rates

by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 3, 2021 | Recycling

PR / Westminster, CO and New York (March, 2021) — Today, international environment consultancy Eunomia, with support from Ball Corporation(NYSE: BLL), released a new research report entitled “The 50 States of...