UK food retailers and brand owners are being invited to take part in a series of trials of lightweight glass containers. If successful, the project could save 65,000/t glass and 48,000/t carbon emissions by 2009, the equivalent of taking 28,000 cars off the road. GlasssRite Food, a new WRAP-funded project, will promote the use of innovative lightweight glass container s for foods products, soft drinks and flavoured alcoholic beverages. The project aims to save 20,000/t glass by its completion in March 2008 and to roll-out the project results to create momentum for a further 45,000/tb to be saved in the first year following the project. A range of new container designs will be developed, trialled and launched, in order to take advantage of the commercial and environmental benefits of moving to lightweight containers.
