today, the wine industry can choose from a range of packaging solutions, be it glass, liquid cartons, aluminium, pet, baginbox or pouches. however, glass bottles currently dominate, making up 97 of the market. in 2007, the uk consumed 1,360 million 75cl bottles of wine. this generated almost 40 of all household beverage packaging, contributing around half a million tonnes of packaging to the household waste stream.
