The APPE containers honoured at the 2011 awards were the 6.25-litre bottle for Font Vella and the 2.5-litre bottle for AquaBona.
The custom-designed bottles incorporate 25% recycled PET (rPET), which result in a 12% reduction in carbon emissions compared to the use of virgin PET.
The Font Vella pack incorporates APPE’s Contcatip preform base, which reduces weight and prevents excess material accumulation at the bottom of the container. This, combined with a reduction in wall thickness and enhancement to the bottle neck, ensures material optimisation throughout the container to create a lighter pack while retaining the required strength and reliability.
APPE says the lighter container achieves a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions that’s equivalent to saving 15,000 trees a year.
The AquaBona bottle also features a lighter weight preform for further energy and carbon emission savings. In addition, the bottle boasts a number of design innovations to create brand differentiation in a highly competitive market.
Source: APPE
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