Danish brewing giant Carlsberg has come up with an innovative replacement for the plastic six-pack rings that holds its beer together. After testing more than 4,000 different adhesive formulations, Carlsberg settled on using a type of strong glue that firmly holds cans together but allows them to be pulled apart with an audible snap. Replacing six-pack rings with this glue will cut down on plastic waste by 76 percent and eliminate 1,200 tons of plastic from entering the environment; that’s the equivalent of 60 million plastic bags. Carlsberg is the first beer company to ditch plastic six-pack rings.
This article was originally published on September 10, 2018
