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Bacardi, the alcoholic beverage company, has partnered with biodegradable products maker Danimer Scientific to create a bottle made with natural oils derived from seeds such as palm, canola and soybeans. The resulting plant polymer-based bottle will biodegrade after 18 months without leaving microplastics. A traditional plastic bottle can take up to 400 years to decompose, while this measure will replace 80 million plastic bottles used by the firm each year. Bacardi has created a biodegradable bottle using plant-based oils that will help cut out 80 million single-use plastic bottles used by the firm each year The Spirits Business (@spiritsbusiness) October 22, 2020 Ned Duggan, Senior Vice President of Rum Bacardi, said: Throughout our 158-year history, Bacardi has always believed in respecting the world's natural resources and acting responsibly, from the sustainable sourcing of our sugar cane to the water and energy used to make our Rum. We are now excited to pioneer this new biopolymer technology for the benefit of all Bacardi brands and the entire spirits industry. Ned Duggan, senior vice president of Rum Bacardi. Bacardi rum will be the first spirit to appear in the new bottle, before plant material is launched to replace single-use plastic in brands such as Bombay Sapphire, Gray Goose vodka, Patron Tequila and Dewar Scotch whisky. Bacardi's packaging development team will also use the new bioplastic to replace the plastic coating on bottle closures.
Jean-Marc Lambert, senior vice president of global operations at Bacardi, commented: It may seem small… but add that to every bottle produced globally and we're talking tons of plastic every day. Once we have fixed the problem, we will open the solution for the entire industry to use. It's not about competitive advantage, it's about doing the right thing for the planet. Jean-Marc Lambert, senior vice president of global Europe Cell Phone Number List operations at Bacardi. In addition to the new 100% biopolymer liquor bottle, Bacardi is also creating a sustainably sourced paper bottle. Made from the same plant-based polymer base, the paper bottle will have equally strong environmental credentials. Lambert added: When we set the goal of being 100% plastic-free by 2030, we knew that innovative advances in packaging design would be needed to make it achievable, and that's exactly what is happening through our partnership with Danimer. Jean-Marc Lambert, senior vice president of global operations at Bacardi. Earlier this year, Diageo partnered with risk management company Pilot Lite to launch a plastic-free paper bottle for Johnnie Walker. Environment at Bacardi Limited Bacardi tries to help the environment by removing single-use plastic from its value chain, starting from its secondary packaging and point-of-sale items, thus focusing on replacing it with durable items made with sustainable, recyclable or biodegradable materials.
In they began an ambitious sustainability initiative with specific goals in sourcing, packaging and operations to be achieved by 2017 and 2022. The vision was to give back to the environment at least as much as we take away. Bacardi nature. Bacardi presents biodegradable bottles By the end of 2017, they achieved a reduction in the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of manufacturing by 59%, which is equivalent to taking 15,000 cars off the roads each year or reducing oil use by 165,000 barrels annually. . In water, they also achieved a reduction in manufacturing water use by 50%, equivalent to the volume of more than 1,000 Olympic swimming pools, and only 0.4% of their total waste generated was diverted to landfill (Achievements are based in the original reference data from 2006). Excellent work Bacardi!Previous article Launch of ASD Band, a musical band within the autism spectrum Next article Airbus presents the world's first zero-emission commercial aircraft 1 COMMENT Alberto FranyutiAtHola, I want to share the content of your magazine on my social networks and it always seems complicated. Have you realized the potential this means for you? I'm wanting to share the Bacardi report and I can't find how to forward it to my contacts. I suggest you facilitate this task as it is convenient for you to generate more audience. Maybe they have it but it's not easily visible. Greetings and keep up the good content.