{"id":245,"date":"2016-07-07T11:18:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T11:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/gb\/history-gb\/why-packaging-matters\/1"},"modified":"2024-08-28T05:31:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T05:31:28","slug":"why-packaging-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsofglass.com\/uk\/stories\/why-packaging-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why packaging matters"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div  class=\"custom-rich-text-block transparent\">\r\n    <div class=\"custom-rich-text spacing-top-2 spacing-bottom-2 global-container\">\r\n        <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Guardian published \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/shortcuts\/2016\/jun\/29\/fill-good-inc-are-we-close-to-a-refill-revolution\">Fill Good Inc \u2013 are we close to a refill revolution?<\/a>\u2019 on their website, with some really interesting stats.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The article maintained that a staggering 5.5bn household plastic bottles are not recycled each year \u2013 a far higher figure than the number of bottles recycled \u2013 while plastic-recycling plants are closing because they\u2019re not financially sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also according to the article, local councils collectively have to shell out some \u00a325m a year to dispose of the unrecycled plastic bottles, so we consumers effectively pay for them twice over.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the idea of refill revolution might offer benefits and reduce plastic packaging in landfills, glass can be a straightforward sensible solution without the need of a refilling network. That is because the amount of energy needed to melt recycled glass is considerably less than that needed for virgin raw materials when producing new bottles and jars. Furthermore, glass has many other health and taste benefits too.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So next time you are doing your weekly shop, perhaps you should check if your favourite food and drink products are available in glass, and, if not, ask the supermarket or retailer, why not.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/packaging-matters-min-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28327 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/packaging-matters-min-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofglass.com\">www.friendsofglass.com<\/a><\/p>\n\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The average household in the UK buys 4,000 packaged products a year, including food. 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