RPC M&H Plastics, part of the RPC Group, has manufactured eco-friendly, flat wine bottles for UK-based Garçon Wines.
Image: The new wine Garçon Wines’ new wine bottle design. Photo: courtesy of RPC Group Plc.
The new environmentally-friendly 750ml slimline wine bottle is made from 100% recycled PET and that are fully recyclable.
RPC said the recycled material used for the manufacturing of the bottle, is significantly lighter than glass and is also tough enough to withstand the postal system.
The unique packaging design allows the bottle to be fit securely and conveniently through a standard-sized letterbox. This ensures no deliveries are missed and also helps to further reductions in CO2 emissions, the firm noted.
Garc¸on Wines co-founder and CEO Santiago Navarro said: “As a responsible company our aim has been to create the most environmentally-friendly wine bottle solution that would innovate and revolutionize the way consumers receive wine and businesses supply wine.
“Offering one of the first bottles in the world to be made from 100% recycled PET material has enabled us to create the greenest wine bottles available, as a result of them being 87% lighter and 40% spatially smaller than traditional wine bottles, hugely reducing carbon emissions from the wine supply chain.”
Garçon Wines, following investment in research and development for the bottle manufacturing in the UK with RPC M&H Plastics, is working with advisors including Master of Wine, winemaker and bulk wine expert Barry Dick MW, packaging and plastics specialist Sarah Greenwood and consumer packaging patent attorney Debra Smith.
The brand has also launched a partnership of their letterbox wine through the UK’s online florist Bloom & Wild.
RPC M&H Plastics is a supplier of plastic packaging including a large range of plastic bottles, plastic jars, plastic tubs, flexible tubes, closures, caps and pumps covering the personal care, healthcare, pharmaceutical, nutritional, pet care, automotive and household product markets.