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Welsh government to accelerate implementation of recycling scheme for drinks containers to 'maximise interoperability' and align with UK 2027 launch date

Working with the Sustainable Wine Roundtable the supermarket has reduced the weight of wine bottles and is set to enjoy significant emissions savings as a result

New packaging format promises to cut emissions by over 40 per cent compared to glass bottles

Supermarket to become first in UK to ditch glass in favour of lightweight paper bottles for its own-brand red and white wine from later this month

Heineken selects Siemens as production partner in support of plans to deliver decarbonised value chains by 2040

Firm claims Mirai range is lowest carbon product on market today

Scottish Government reportedly facing pressure to scrap plans to include glass in its deposit return scheme (DRS) in order to align system with England's plastic bottle and can DRS

Company has also secured £3.7m government backing to upgrade glassmaking capabilities and drive down emissions

Replacing fossil gas with sustainable biofuels can cut emissions footprint of glass manufacture by 80 per cent, Pilkington claims