An Ipswich sustainable packaging firm produced a paper wine bottle to mark the King and Queen’s visit to Bordeaux in France.
The special paper Frugal Bottle is made from 94% recycled cardboard, has a carbon footprint six times lower than a glass bottle, is five times lighter, and can be recycled again.
In 2020, Frugalpac launched the world’s first and only commercially available paper bottle for wines, spirits and olive oils.
Last year, the company sold its assembly machines to the US and Canada for about £1.5million each.
Frugalpac was recently invited, along with other UK businesses, to display their goods at a Franco-British event at Bordeaux’s Place de la Bourse to mark the monarch’s visit.
The commemorative Cardbordeaux 2023 bottle contains the King’s Cypher and the Bordeaux crest on the front, and on the back has a message in French to the King and Queen.
It reads: “This is the world's first paper bottle for wines and spirits: the Frugal Bottle. It was designed and manufactured by British sustainable packaging company Frugalpac in Ipswich, Suffolk.”
Frugalpac chief executive Malcolm Waugh said: “The King has been inspirational on encouraging sustainability and was one of the first people to set up a bottle bank in the UK, at Buckingham Palace in 1980.
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“That’s why we wanted to do something special to mark the King and Queen’s state visit to France.
“We produced a commemorative Cardbordeaux 2023 bottle to thank him for his commitment to the environment and campaigning for sustainability for decades.
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“We were particularly proud to display the French wine producers now using our paper bottle. A great example of Britain and France working together to cut carbon in the drinks industry.”
France is the latest country to sell wine in paper Frugal Bottles.
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