New bottle cap contains 19% less steel

Beer brewer Grolsch will start using a new lightweight bottle cap on all of its bottles from October this year.

The new bottle caps are 17% lighter and contain 19% less steel. In this way, Grolsch will save more than 100,000 kg of steel per year. The switch will also cut transport costs within the supply chain and reduce Grolsch’s environmental impact.

Grolsch has published its results in the field of sustainability and social responsibility over the past year. The report, which includes a detailed explanation of the various result areas, can be found at www.koninklijkegrolsch.nl.

The company says it wants to project the premium quality of its beer while minimising its impact on the environment. For this reason, Grolsch is making efforts to design sustainable, lightweight packaging, to reuse bottles and to encourage recycling. Grolsch piloted these bottle caps for SABMiller and will be one of the first SABMiller breweries to switch to the lightweight bottle caps.

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