Category: Glass & Ceramics

Flat Wine Bottles

Reshaping the Wine Industry – Packamama’s flat bottles are designed specifically for the wine industry and are made entirely from 100% recycled PET (rPET). Their flat design enables more efficient stacking, allowing for 30% more bottles to be loaded onto pallets for transportation. Weighing just 63 grams, they are 87% lighter than traditional glass bottles. The entire bottle, including[...]

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ecoTOTE

Reusable Spirits Dispensers – ecoSPIRITS offers a packaging and distribution model for premium spirits and wine, aiming to significantly reduce single-use glass waste. Through its closed-loop system, ecoSPIRITS allows products to be distributed in refillable containers, which are then cleaned, refilled, and reused—reducing glass and cardboard packaging. The technology enables bars, restaurants, and retailers to serve beverages directly[...]

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Eco2Bottle

Step By Step Approach to Reducing Emissions For Glass Packaging – Every market, customer, and product presents distinct characteristics and opportunities that can be explored through detailed evaluation. For each Eco2Bottle project, the team analyzes individual packaging solutions to calculate their specific carbon footprint. With the found information they work together with their clients in producing the right glass packaging for their products. Using an[...]

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Wein-Mehrweg

A Reusable Wine Bottle System in Germany – Established in January 2023, Wein-Mehrweg eG is a cooperative that has developed an innovative 0.75-liter reusable wine bottle concept and intend to gradually have it replace a significant portion of disposable bottles on the market today. Ten founding companies, collectively managing over 5% of Germany’s total vineyards, are supporting this initiative. This sustainable transition[...]

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That’s Caffeine

Furnishings From Recycled Coffee Scraps – Atticus Durnell recycles coffee scraps by making furnishings such as lamps, plates and even tiles from them. By pressing these remains with resin, completely biodegradable products succeed. Subsequent sealing provides individual color in addition to water and temperature resistance. The idea of the Briton gives the previously unused waste a new functionality and thus[...]

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NACHHÄLTER

Wood Cellulose Compostable Packaging – NACHHÄLTER are 100% recyclable and fully compostable packaging solutions whose raw material is created from forestry cuttings. For material recovery, viscose (soluble) is first extracted from the pulp, which is filtered through a pouring nozzle and runs into a precipitation bath, after which a transparent film of pure regenerated cellulose is produced. The Grünkunft[...]

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BIO-GLASS

Plates From Recycled Glass – BIO-GLASS is made of 100% recycled glass, is fully recyclable and contains no colorants or additives. Each BIO-GLASS has a unique color, which comes from the individually used raw material (champagne, beer, wine, sparkling wine bottles). It is also stain, frost, chemical and fire resistant. Product Name: BIO-GLASSManufacturer: COVERINGS ETC. Project Status: Concept //[...]

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MERDACOTTA

Cow Dung Terracotta – The pottery of the Italian dairy farmer Gianantonio Locatelli was created in collaboration with the architect Luca Cipelletti. Together, they sought a recycling method for the 100,000 kilograms of cow manure generated each day. The material previously used as fertilizer and for plaster comes from Locatelli’s 2,500 cows, which henceforth provide for the production[...]

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