Out with the Can: “treehugger” Calls for Beer in Returnable Glass Bottles
Published: 8 February 2010
Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Sustainability
“treehugger” reports Americans choose cans over bottles for the majority of the 22 gallons of beer they each drink per year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The decline in the amount of beer sold in bottles over the years has reportedly led to the decline of the local brewery and also to a shift from producer responsibility. According to the article, “It is time to retire the beer can and the disposable bottle and switch to good local beer in returnable bottles. It is not only the green thing to do, but it tastes better.”