My article on Switzerland’s glass recycling specialist Vetropack has just been published in the new edition of Swiss Wine Connection magazine. It is reproduced here with permission.

Soldiers of glass, with a potential for keeping the peace and encouraging friendly relations: glassmaker Vetropack’s assembly lines of bottles march towards a fine new life, carrying wine to our tables. Last night I held up a flawless bottle of Swiss wine and I saw it in a new light after visiting the Vetropack glass factory: a rich red Pinot Noir was inside, but the outside was a dark green soldier of conviviality. An added note of pleasure was knowing it is 85 percent recycled glass.

The Swiss are glass recycling champions, with a rate of 94–96 percent (European average, 70 percent). Vetropack, a century-old family-run business whose head office is in Bülach, is to thank for much of this
success.

Read the article in full, PDF format: “Vetropack’s green convivial army” (Swiss Wine Connection, April 2015)