DT14.11
First edition
Under development

Reuse of Glass containers - Recommendations for labels, closing systems, and crates

Scope of application

After the washing step, the label and the glue should be completely removed from the container. This document presents the recommendations to achieve it in good conditions. Sleeves are not considered in this document. Complete sleeves are not glued onto the bottle, they would need special devices to be automatically removed. The consumer would not remove all sleeves before disposal. The coding marked by the filler on the bottle must be washable if not made on the label.

Table of contents

1. Scope
2. Definitions
3. Label and glue
3.1 Recommendations for good removal of paper-based labels
3.2 Recommendations for good removal of plastic labels
3.3 Assessment of the separability
3.4 Design recommendations for labels for reusable containers
4. Closures for Reusable containers
5. Crates for transport of Reusable containers
6. Related documents
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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