PET LIGHTWEIGHTING
Also from our Global Soft Drinks Congress earlier in March came some useful bottle weight benchmarks for companies to compare their own efficiency.
These figures were kindly provided by Sipa Plastic Packaging Systems.
For further information on the Congress presentations, please go to www.zenithinternational.com/events.
Size in litres | Grams of PET | Grams per litre | |
For bottled water |
0.3 |
7.9 |
26.3 |
0.5 |
9.9 |
19.8 |
|
0.6 |
12.0 |
20.0 |
|
1.5 |
25.5 |
17.0 |
|
2.0 |
33.0 |
16.5 |
|
10.0 |
115.0 |
11.5 |
|
For carbonated soft drinks, |
0.4 |
17.0 |
42.5 |
Based on Coca-Cola |
0.6 |
20.5 |
34.2 |
1.0 |
33.5 |
33.5 |
|
1.5 |
42.5 |
28.3 |
|
2.0 |
46.5 |
23.2 |
|
2.5 |
52.5 |
21.0 |
|
3.0 |
54.5 |
18.2 |
|
For hot fill still drinks |
0.35 |
20.0 |
57.1 |
0.5 |
22.0 |
44.0 |
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