Beck's raises a (slimmer) glass to carbon savings

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New 11 per cent lighter bottle is expected to save 2,500 tonnes of glass and 2,000 tonnes of CO2 during 2013

New lightweight beer bottles promise to remove more than 2,600 tonnes of glass from brewer AB InBev's manufacturing processes next year, while saving almost 2,000 tonnes of CO2. The 275ml Beck's and...

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