Aldi Unveils Eco-Friendly Aluminium Wine Bottle for £5.99
- New packaging is much lighter than traditional glass
- Aldi recently won Sustainable Drinks Retailer of the Year
- Available in stores from 14th April
Aldi is pushing sustainability boundaries by unveiling an aluminium wine bottle, a first for UK supermarkets. The Costellore Pinot Grigio costs £5.99 and will hit shelves on 14th April. This new bottle, significantly lighter than glass, promises reduced transport emissions.
The wine, shipped from Italy and bottled in the UK, is described as crisp with hints of lemon and orchard fruits, perfect for a range of dishes. Aldi's eco-friendly move aligns with their recent accolade as Sustainable Drinks Retailer of the Year. Partnering with Broadland Drinks, Aldi continues to focus on reducing environmental impact through innovative packaging.
Tom Church, Co-Founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, remarked, "It's great to see Aldi making strides in sustainability. Lightweight and eco-friendly packaging is a step forward in reducing carbon footprints.
Glass is such a safe and neutral material where as aluminium is linked to dementia. The Camelford incidecent where Aluminium was dumped into the water supply had a large number of cases of early dementia and people dying of it and when examined they had unbelievable levels of aluminium in their brains. We are constantly exposed to aluminium its everywhere and may well be one of the main causes of dementia but its hard to isolate its effects as we are always exposed to aluminium but certainly when exposed to higher levels dementia is a likely result. This feels like something that lowers Aldi's logistics costs and might make them more competitive but seems like a inferior material for people's health.
I can't stand wine it always seems like a waste of good grapes but if you are worried about the increased energy costs of transporting glass bottles of wine perhaps consider buying wine manufactured in the UK or at least a nearby country like France rather than trying wine shipped around the world for example Australia or the United States. I personally think we need to move to a universal glass bottle so glass bottles can simply be washed out and re-used as is with a standard indentation for the label. This would be the safest and most efficient way of recycling bottles.
I’m sure wine boxes keep their contents fresher once opened compared to a bottle. Mind you wouldn't want a box on your dining table but you could just fill a carafe.