Skip to main content

Biodegradable containers on the horizon

| Innovation and technology

Carlsberg today announced an agreement to develop the world’s first fully biodegradable wood-fibre bottle for beverages.

The Danish brewer has initiated a three-year project with packaging company ecoXpac, with the collaboration of Innovation Fund Denmark and the Technical University of Denmark, to develop a biodegradable and bio-based bottle made from sustainably sourced wood-fibre, to be known as the “Green Fibre Bottle”.

All materials used in the bottle, including the cap, will be developed using bio-based and biodegradable materials – primarily, sustainably sourced wood-fibers – allowing the bottle to be responsibly degraded, the company said in a statement.

Commenting on the announcement from Carlsberg HQ in Copenhagen, Andraea Dawson-Shepherd, senior vice president for Corporate Affairs, said: “If the project comes to fruition, as we think it will, it will mark a sea-change in our options for packaging liquids, and will be another important step on our journey towards a circular, zero-waste economy.”

Pin It

Related Articles

The Shoprite Group has introduced GetPaid, an innovative new platform that enables small business owners to invoice and receive payments seamlessly, anytime, anywhere. 
After months of beta testing, all Sixty60 customers can now access a new and improved app.  Shoppers in eligible Hyper delivery areas will see larger general merchandise products among the usual Sixty60 groceries on offer.   More than…
South Africans have been waiting patiently to find out why Checkers launched a specially branded airplane – and now the wait is over, because this festive season the retailer is taking to the skies to deliver more than just groceries and essentials…
By: Staff Reporter - IOL Understanding where and how those opportunities exist and what’s needed to meet that need and more
A New Era in E-commerce: Pick n Pay asap! Hosts SA’s First Live Grocery Shopping Show, trends on Twitter