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Diageo Innovates Sustainable Glass Scotch Whisky Bottles Diageo Innovates Sustainable Glass Scotch Whisky Bottles Spirits giant Diageo recently collaborated with glass manufacturer Encirc in a pilot project to create what’s said to be the lowest carbon footprint glass bottles ever produced for a Scotch whisky brand. Diageo and Encirc worked alongside industry research and technology body Glass Futures to create waste-based biofuel-powered furnaces to reduce the carbon footprint of the bottle-making process by 90%. Diageo used its Black & White Scotch whisky brand to test out the innovative ...

Distiller Diageo has said it has collaborated in a successful pilot project to pioneer "the lowest carbon footprint glass bottles ever produced for a Scotch whisky brand". The collaboration with glass manufacturer Encirc and leading industry research and technology body Glass Futures, used waste-based biofuel-powered furnaces to reduce the carbon footprint of the bottle-making process by up to 90% For the purposes of the trial Diageo used its Black & White Scotch whisky brand – famous for its label featuring a West Highland terrier and a Scotty dog, and which is a popular and growing ...