Mondi RAPPET PET wine bottle

Published: 01 Mar 10
 
It's good but not in glass
Papsak, box and glass used to be the accepted packaging for wine, but conventional industry standards are now being challenged by the Mondi RAPPET PET wine bottle - made from plastic.
The "high performance package" looks exactly like a normal glass bottle and offers a two-year shelf-life for natural wine. It is lightweight and weighs 50g compared to glass bottles that weigh approximately 400g.
Producers also highlight other benefits: "The bottle is completely transparent and therefore allows for reverse printing of labels as there is no distortion by optical interference."
Transport of plastic bottles is also made more effective, as 36% more product can be transported on a 20ft container compared with glass.

Also, "reports in the public domain record reductions in CO2 emissions from as low as 29% to as high as 52% when using PET as opposed to glass, and energy consumption in the manufacture and supply chain is reduced by 40 to 50%".