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Fetzer Vineyards Converts To Lightweight Glass.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 14-OCT-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Carbon Footprint of Bottles Reduced by 14%

HOPLAND, Calif. -- Fetzer Vineyards, one of the largest US wineries, will lightweight its entire line of wines to reduce its environmental footprint, continuing the winery's more than 20-year history of environmental responsibility and a decade-long commitment to help alleviate global climate change.

On an average annual basis, the new bottles reduce glass usage by 16% (more than 2,100 tons) and supply chain greenhouse gas emissions (or carbon footprint) associated with glass bottles by 14% (3,000 tons of CO2e)1. This is equivalent to planting 70,000 trees and growing them for ten years2 -- or nearly tripling all the...

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