Diageo to launch Johnnie Walker whisky in paper bottles in 2021

Reuters ^ | 7/14/2020 | Reuters

[RomanSoldier19]

Johnnie Walker scotch whisky will be available in plastic-free bottles from early 2021, Diageo Plc said on Monday, as the world’s biggest spirits maker ramps up efforts to tackle plastic waste.

The new bottle, developed in partnership with venture management company Pilot Lite, will be made from wood pulp that meets food grade standards and is fully recyclable, the Guinness and Tanqueray Gin maker said.

Diageo and Pilot Lite have launched a sustainable packaging company called Pulpex Ltd to develop the paper bottle and collaborate on research and development.

Pulpex will also create branded paper-bottles in non-competing categories for companies including Lipton team maker Unilever Plc and soda maker PepsiCo, which are also expected to launch next year.

[4yearlurker]

I remember in the mid 1960s you could buy draft beer to go poured into a thin cardboard cup with a cardboard lid. Kinda like an old ice cream container.

[bgill]

Let’s see. We couldn’t have paper grocery bags so went to plastic. We couldn’t have paper straws so went to plastic. Now, we can’t have anything but computers and phones being plastic. Now, we can’t have glass bottles so are back to.... paper. And people wonder why the country is so messed up.

[oldtech]

Maybe they could use recycled toilet paper.

[VanShuyten]

“ Wasn’t glass bottles totally recyclable? ”

Here in northern Virginia, the powers that be decided that sorting glass out of the rest of the recyclables wasn’t economic, so glass goes to the landfill now.

[Boogieman]

So a thirsty bum can just go into the store with a pin and make himself a whiskey fountain?