Carlsberg to develop biodegradable wood-fibre bottle
Carlsberg has announced plans to develop the world’s first fully biodegradable wood-fibre bottle for beverages.
It 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 biobased bottle made from sustainably sourced wood-fibre, to be known as the Green Fiber Bottle.
All materials used in the bottle, including the cap, will be developed using biobased and biodegradable materials – primarily, sustainably sourced wood-fibres – allowing the bottle to be responsibly degraded.
Commenting on the announcement, Andraea Dawson-Shepherd, senior vice president for corporate affairs, says, “At Carlsberg we are firm believers in the importance of a circular economy in ensuring sustainable future growth and development on our planet, and [this] announcement is excellent news. 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.”
