Flat wine bottles that are saving our planet | Ep. #41

<p>In this episode of weekly gupshup, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreepriyasridharan/">Sreepriya Sridharan</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/piyush-dhawan-6086452b/">Piyush Dhawan</a> bring to you a circular business model from the wine industry.</p> <p>What if we tell you that your wine bottle can fit through a letter box? Yes, you read it right!</p> <p>Say hello to the next age packaging by <a href="https://www.garconwines.com/">Garcon Wines</a> who have innovated a sustainable wine packaging solution.</p> <p>In 2017, they won the <a href="https://www.garconwines.com/garcon-wines-blog/garcon-wines-events">Best New Beverage Concept Award</a> at the <a href="https://www.packagingtoday.co.uk/news/newsgaron-wines-wins-at-world-beverage-innovation-awards-5932825">World Beverage Innovation Awards</a> and was a Diamond Finalist in the awards for Packaging Innovation the following year!</p> <p>So what do they do different? <a href="https://www.garconwines.com/">Garcon Wines</a><strong> </strong>introduced a customized wine package that could accommodate ten of its bottles in the same space as four conventional ones. This allows 1040 bottles to be stored in a standard container pallet, compared to 456 standard sized bottles, reducing the environmental footprint and cost for transport and handling by around 60%.</p> <p>Flat wine bottles are a stand out design especially when those bottles are made from recycled plastic. To us their product speaks volumes about their attention to detail around a green and efficient supply chain.</p> <p>Today in the vast world of climate science, relatively little attention has been paid to the wine industry’s carbon footprint. Tell me honestly, did you ever think about this before?</p> <p>We need to remind ourselves that wine is an agricultural product. Wine grapes are extremely sensitive to climate and this is what makes its taste so exquisite!</p> <p>But this sensitivity makes it equally vulnerable to climate change.</p> <p>You know a <a href="https://www.winemag.c