I came across an interesting page by Food and Water Watch , “a non-profit organization that advocates for common sense policies that will result in healthy, safe food and access to safe and affordable drinking water. ” They pick aluminum bottles and stainless steel bottles as the most eco-friendly alternatives to packaging water. In their […]
The “green community” is clearly having a great impact on consumer behavior and purchases. A Manchester, UK based organization called GiveMeTap has signed up restaurants and cafés willing to give free access to their tap water! The twist is: you need to use one of GiveMeTap’s branded aluminium bottles, which you have to buy for […]
It seems there is growing interest in the use of aluminum bottles for storing gasoline, kerosene, alcohol and other fuels. Interest is coming from backpackers, motorcyclists, campers and even some survivalists. No fancy artwork or designs needed for these bottles. Just safety, low weight, portability and durability. So you can expect to see these aluminum […]
Drinkware could become one of the more cost-effective ways of delivering corporate advertising and building a brand. A lot of people like to get ceramic coffee mugs at trade shows. I have dozens of mugs myself, but they usually end up sitting on the shelf or used as pen holders. The aluminum bottle is ideal […]
Aluminum is finding its way in products that have traditionally been packaged in glass. Case in point: aluminum wine bottles. For purists, it’s almost heretical to put wines in anything else but glass. But clearly some winemakers have found some real advantages in packaging their wine in aluminum bottles. Voute, the French winery, is one […]
The Aluminum Association ran an interesting article on “The Ever-Shrinking Aluminum Can”. Some excerpts: “Beyond aluminum cans’ advantages relating to its “stackability” and high rates of recycling, its light weight gives it an additional environmental edge over many competing packaging formats. Broomfield, Colo.-based Ball Corporation over the past 40 years has pursued “lightweighting” as a […]
We came across an interesting article from Rexam, the largest beverage can maker. You can view the entire article here. Here are excerpts from the article: “Independent studies show wine in cans have environmental benefits and cost savings. Two separate studies commissioned by Rexam, the world’s largest beverage can maker, have demonstrated that wine in […]
Aluminum packaging looks very well-positioned in the new “green revolution”. Everything is going green these days – green computing, green buildings, green energy, and of course green packaging. According to the Aluminum Association, “the aluminum industry recovers approximately 54% of the aluminum containers produced in the U.S.” More significantly, the aluminum industry is targeting a […]