Trinity Oaks, wholly-owned and produced by the US-based wine company Trinchero Family Estates, has announced that it has started bottling its wines with new plant-based capsules made from a carbon-neutral biopolymer.
The capsules are made using EarthFirst polylactic acid (PLA) film which is manufactured using renewable technology, thereby offering a sustainable alternative to petrochemical based films.
The technology has been developed in partnership with Plastic Suppliers and Maverick.
Trinchero Family Estates president and COO Bob Torkelson, commeting on the development, said, "As an agriculturally-based company, we are dedicated to protecting the earth and its natural resources."
Key benefits include less energy used and made in a greenhouse neutral facility by using solar, wind and other energy offsets.
The film material is said to be certified compostable and the aluminum top disk on the bottle is recyclable.
Trinity Oaks' bottle labels and marketing materials are also claimed to be made from 100% post-consumer-recycled paper.
