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 General reports  | Brewing
In the list below, icons of PDFs, Word documents and report covers will, where available, link to the relevant report/information. Links within the text will also link to relevant webpages as well as to PDFs etc.
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Added: 18.07.08
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WRAP on wine
WRAP has now completed its Glassrite project. This was a large-scale demonstration project of the viability and opportunities available to the wine industry for bulk importing wine, lightweighting bottles – it also explores consumer perceptions of these. To download the reports (5 in all, of which one is a general overview) see here. |
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There are few life cycle assessments of alcoholic drinks. However one example is: Siret Talve, Life Cycle Assessment of a Basic Lager Beer, Int J LCA 6 (5) 293 - 298 (2001). |
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See also The Alcohol we drink and its contribution to the UK's Greenhouse Gas emissions: A discussion paper, Working paper produced as part of the work of the Food Climate Research Network. |
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| Added: 05.09.08 |
Sapporo breweries to introduce carbon footprint labels
Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun newpaper reports that Sapporo Breweries Ltd. has announced it will introduce a label on one of its beer products next year stating how much carbon dioxide is emitted per can during the entire production and disposal process. The label will be printed on 350ml cans of Black Label draft beer.
According to the company, it will be the world's first brewer to print the amount of CO2 emission on its products. The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is working at hammering out unified rules on how to calculate CO2 emissions and label it. The rules are expected to be in place by February or March next year. Sapporo plans to begin labeling the amount of CO2 emission on its products immediately after the introduction of the unified rules. I can’t find anything on the Sapporo website but you can read coverage in the paper here. |
Added: 07.03.08
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Champagne emissions Champagne has become the first region in France to announce a clear breakdown of its carbon dioxide em issions, and set out strategies for reducing them (see news article here). Speaking at the official launch of the Bordeaux Carbon Initiative this week, representatives from the Champagne region revealed the results of their own carbon study, first undertaken in 2003. The Champagne region produces around 200,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year. This works out at approximately 700g per bottle. You could, alternatively, have four bars of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk for the same C-price. |
Added: 27.11.07
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Use of biogas to fuel brewing process November 2007, Beverage Daily reports on the possible scope for using biogas to fuel the brewing process – ie. using spent brewer’s yeast as an energy source. In essence the article says it’s a technology that could be developed more and which offers potential, that some breweries are already using biogas, and that industry should think more about using it.
See here for more details. |
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