Carlsberg has revealed a world-first in the form of a paper bottle made from sustainable and recyclable wood fibres.
The Danish beer giant has committed to making the world a cleaner and greener place through this, and their Together Towards Zero initiative. The Together Towards Zero initiative will help Carlsberg reach zero carbon emissions and a 30 percent reduction in its ‘full-value chain carbon footprint’ by 2030.
The actual bottle has two different designs, one of which contains a thin PET polymer film barrier, while the other one has a bio-based PEF polymer film barrier. Both of the bottles have an outer shell made from wood fibres.
“We continue to innovate across all our packaging formats, and we are pleased with the progress we’ve made on the Green Fibre Bottle so far,” said Myriam Shingleton, vice president group development at Carlsberg Group. “While we are not completely there yet, the two prototypes are an important step towards realising our ultimate ambition of bringing this breakthrough to market.”
This project is a part of a collaboration with EcoXpac, BillerudKorsnäs and researchers from the Technical University of Denmark. The team effort has resulted in the creation of a paper bottle company, Paboco.
