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Bottling plant cuts glass excess The aim of the development is to cut shipping and reduce the mountain of imported green glass produced by British wine drinkers. Instead, the wine will be brought in large containers and bottled in Avonmouth before going on to be sold. Simon Russell from drinks company Constellation Europe, said the plant should be operational by early 2009.
Environmental benefits "The detailed planning, we´re doing at the moment, but we´re going to start building this summer and at the back end of 2008, early 2009, it will actually be up and running in Avonmouth," he said. The environmental group, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) said the UK was the largest importer of wine in the world, with more than a billion litres imported from Europe and the New World. "Bulk importation can reduce shipping costs by up to 40% and benefit the environment by using less fuel for transporting full bottles," a spokesman said. "It also increases the opportunity to use lighter weight wine bottles, manufactured in the UK, and to create a more robust market for surplus domestic green glass." 12.06.2007, WRAP News material on the Site is copyright and belongs to the Company or to its third party news provider, and all rights are reserved. Any User who accesses such material may do so only for its own personal use, and the use of such material is at the sole risk of the User. Redistribution or other commercial exploitation of such news material is expressly prohibited. Where such news material is provided by a third party, each User agrees to observe and be bound by the specific terms of use applying to such news material. We do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the info contained in any news or external websites referred to in the news.
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