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Avanti West Coast rolls out recyclable spirit bottle onboard train.

We have teamed up with a local distillery to serve gin in miniature aluminium bottles as part of its commitment to offer a sustainable menu to customers.

Working with Forest Distillery – a family-run distillery in the heart of the Peak District – we’ve rolled out fully recyclable aluminium bottles for its ‘Forest to First’ gin miniatures (5cl).

The innovative bottle will replace the existing glass miniatures – providing a lightweight, compact and sustainable alternative for the gin which is made exclusively for Avanti West Coast.

Made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled aluminium, the new bottles do not rely on raw material – offering a carbon footprint of up to 90 percent lower than 5cl bottles made from PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic or glass.

Switching to this packaging also supports a circular approach to waste – whereby the bottles are recycled keeping the materials in use for as long as possible.

Weighing just 10 grams, the aluminium bottle is almost 67 percent lighter than a 5cl glass bottle – reducing the weight of each delivery by 160 kilograms and cutting transport emissions.