date:Apr 13, 2021
A successful pilot project has pioneered the lowest carbon footprint glass bottles ever produced for a Scotch whisky brand.
The collaboration between Diageo and glass manufacturer Encirc and industry research and technology body Glass Futures, used waste-based biofuel-powered furnaces to reduce the carbon footprint of the bottle-making process by up to 90%.
For the purposes of the trial, Diageo used its Black White Scotch whisky brand a popular and growing whisky in key global export markets