DT14.10
First edition
Under development

Characteristics of a glass container to be returnable

Scope of application

This document aims to define the characteristics of a glass container to be returnable.
This data sheet is currently in drafting stage. For more information, contact us.

Contributors

AB-INBEV / GPDIL, ACTEGA ADELPHE, AGI GLASPAC, ALPLA WERKE ALWIN LEHNER, AMCOR FLEXIBLES CAPSULES, AMORIM CORK, ARDAGH GLASS GERMANY, ARDAGH GLASS PACKAGING SOUTH AFRICA, BA GLASS PORTUGAL, BACARDI & COMPANY, BERLIN PACKAGING, BERTOLASO, BORMIOLI LUIGI, BOUT À BOUT, BRASSERIES KRONENBOURG,BRITISH GLASS,BUNDESVERBAND GLASINDUSTRIE,CAP SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS,CIVC, COCA-COLA SERVICES, CONCHA Y TORO,CORK SUPPLY PORTUGAL,CSVMF,DAVID ROSE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, DAVID SYRETT PACKAGING CONSULTANCY, DIAM BOUCHAGE, DISTRO, E. REMY MARTIN & CO. , ECKES GRANINI, ENCIRC GLASS, ESTÉE LAUDER COMPANIES, ETERNITY SYSTEMS, FEDERATION FRANCAISE DU LIEGE, FEVE,GENOSSENSCHAFT DEUTSCHER BRUNNEN, GEORGES MONIN, GERRESHEIMER BELGIUM, GERRESHEIMER GERMANY, GROUPE CASTEL , GUALA CLOSURES, HAUT LA CONSIGNE, HEINEKEN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN,HEUFT , IN'CUBE DANONE RESEARCH CENTRE, INSTITUT DU VERRE, JOSE COMBALIA, KRONES,LA STATION, MIHO INSPEKTIONSSYSTEME, MOET & CHANDON, MOET & HENNESSY, NESTLÉ PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY, O-I MANUFACTURING FRANCE, O-I MANUFACTURING ITALY, O-I MANUFACTURING UK , PACKAGING ALLIANCE EUROPE, PEPSICO RUSSIA, PERNOD RICARD, RAMONDIN CAPSULAS,REUTILIZ,RÉSEAU VRAC ET RÉEMPLOI, SAROM PACKAGING, SAVERGLASS,SOLOCAP-MAB S.A.SSTAZIONE SPERIMENTALE DEL VETRO, SUNTORY BEVERAGES & FOOD EUROPE, TIAMA,TREFFPACK, UNSCV, UZAJE,VERALLIA FRANCE, VERALLIA GERMANY, VETROPACK HOLDING ,VIDRALA,VINOLOK , VINVENTIONS FRANCE , WILLIAM GRANT AND SON'S DISTILLERS, WISECAP GROUP, ZIGNAGO VETRO BROSSE

Document under responsibility of working group:

Reuse of food and beverages glass containers
WG chair: Dr. Markus GRUMANN - MIHO INSPEKTIONSSYSTEME GMBH
This joint group defines what is expected in terms of cleaning, sterilisation, quality, and consumer safety of glass reused containers:

Hygiene, cleaning, and sterilisation
  • Bacteriological state and sterilisation;
  • Residues of water and of washing products and of other dangerous content;
  • Hygiene measures in the washing process, in the collection, storage, and transport;
  • Detection, and ejection of foreign bodies.
Consumer safety and container integrity
  • how the defects from the use (consumers, logistics) are detected and rejected;
  • measures against defect creation on washing lines.
Requirements of a new container for reuse
  • Specific control points in the production of containers for reuse.
Document under drafting stage
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