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Biodegradable 6 pack rings

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 11:08 am
by duff
http://www.craftbeer.com/brewers_banter ... pack-rings

It's neat to see the small guys are still innovating with everything they can get their hands on.

A couple of weekends ago I worked on a volunteer team to help clean up parks and public spaces in my area. The amount of trash we were finding in the river was scary and the majority of it was plastic. If we can find some more ways to reduce our waste that would be great.

Re: Biodegradable 6 pack rings

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 11:41 am
by Beer-lord
Personally, I'll buy a six pack of loose cans (not bottles) if I had to with no worry but I'd also be ok if they made them out of chocolate and I'll dispose of the pack rings for everyone!

Re: Biodegradable 6 pack rings

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 8:48 pm
by BigPapaG
But you got to admit...

If you got to use rings, these are sweet!

I emailed one of the owners of a local micro brewery and asked that he consider spreading the word.

Wouldn't it be great if Nano, Micro and Craft Breweries nationwide could adopt something like this and champion it to an industry standard?

So says the Borg! :borg:

:cool:

Re: Biodegradable 6 pack rings

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 8:49 pm
by Kealia
That would be great. I'd love to see these adopted widely.

Re: Biodegradable 6 pack rings

Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 8:51 pm
by BigPapaG
We should all email our brewery contacts.

This is a Call to Arms for the Borg!

:cool:

Re: Biodegradable 6 pack rings

Posted: Thu May 19, 2016 12:15 am
by mashani
I'm certain Great Lakes would use these if they canned beer in the future. They are all about eco-friendly.

Re: Biodegradable 6 pack rings

Posted: Thu May 19, 2016 7:35 am
by duff
BigPapaG wrote:We should all email our brewery contacts.

This is a Call to Arms for the Borg!

:cool:
I didn't even really think about that. I emailed a couple of the local beers that I purchase in my area that have cans. It seems like most of them have the hard plastic connectors that go over the cans.

Re: Biodegradable 6 pack rings

Posted: Sat May 21, 2016 4:24 pm
by BigPapaG