Home — Highland Spring. Programmes | Panorama | What the industry says. Several manufacturers of bottled water have contacted Panorama. This is what they say about their industry. DANONE - Makers of Volvic and Evian Based on an annual UK consumption of bottled water of 36 litres per person, the CO2 equivalent emissions created by this activity represents about 0.06% of the total daily emissions of an average British person. The CO2 equivalent emissions of a litre of bottled water are less than one-thirtieth of that of a kilo of organic chicken. For those UK bottled water consumption occasions that take place in the home, the easy answer might be to drink tap water instead.
The reality is that many consumers choose bottled water in preference to tap water. This choice may be based on taste or the reassurance that, in the cases of Natural Mineral Water and Spring Water, it has not been chemically treated. Usage studies that we have conducted suggest to us that hot beverages (e.g. tea and coffee) are the most likely direct substitutes to bottled water. The Sins of Greenwashing: Home and Family Edition. Carlsberg Circular Community formed to rethink packaging. Carlsberg and selected global suppliers have joined forces to rethink the design and production of packaging material, to develop the next generation of packaging products that are optimized for recycling and reuse, while at the same time, retaining or improving their quality and value.
The approach, says Carlsberg, is increasingly referred to as “up-cycling.” The cooperation has been formalized through the Carlsberg Circular Community as part of the Carlsberg Group’s work on sustainable packaging. The founding companies working together with Carlsberg are: • Rexam: Cans • Arkema: Glass bottle coatings • O-I: Glass packaging • RKW: Shrink Wrap • MWV (MeadWestvaco): Paperboard multipacks • Petainer: PET kegs for draught beer Rethinking the concept of waste In the future, Carlsberg says, we are all facing increasing pressure on natural resources due to the ever-increasing demand for consumer goods.
This is creating further demands on businesses to use materials more efficiently. Sustainable packaging: What’s next? | Features. Sustainability in focus supplement Moves towards sustainable packaging designs are welcome, but more can still be done. Chris Sherwin, sustainability consultant at Dragon Rouge, says designers must not ignore their responsibilities A quick Web-trawl of the major UK packaging design consultancies reveals an encouraging amount of material focused on sustainability. Most of their websites now have articles, think-pieces, tools, tips or case studies of good practice in sustainable packaging and the use of phrases such as ‘sustainability is no longer a trend, it’s a given’ suggests that the sustainability penny has finally dropped and that designers recognise they can no longer ignore their responsibilities.
In practice, this awareness means factoring sustainability into all packaging projects, in the same sense that cost, usability, aesthetics and manufacturability are factored in, and so getting sustainability into every single project brief. Beyond the pack Corporate programmes Case Study. Re-nourish | Design Sustainably.