Packaging and the circular economy
The packaging of our mineral water and beverages plays a particularly important role in preserving the quality, safety, flavour, and the unique properties of these products.
All our packaging solutions are designed to be recycled and are inspired by the three R circular economy model: reduce, reuse, and recycle.*
For the bottles of our mineral waters and soft drinks we use glass, PET plastic and aluminium: three materials considered to be virtuous since they may be recycled several times over.
Would you like to know more?
Get full details in the Sustainability Report, the document recounting the Sanpellegrino Group’s commitment, the projects developed so far, and the results achieved, in the chapters titled Products and Brands.
Reduce
Down through the years we have focused our efforts on eliminating any form of over packaging, by reducing the use of superfluous raw materials and making our packaging solutions more lightweight. This commitment enables us to limit waste and make a tangible contribution to reducing CO₂eq emissions.
Reuse
We promote the glass bottle return system: about 90% of the glass put on the Italian market by S.Pellegrino returns to the plant. Here these bottles are washed and reused.
Recycle
All our packaging solutions are designed to be recycled. Over the years, we have also increased the use of recycled materials: recycled plastic (R-PET), glass and aluminium, as well as plastic film and cardboard for secondary packaging, which also contain a percentage of recycled material.
This policy enables us to reduce the use of virgin raw materials, thus contributing to limit the extraction of new natural resources.
Today, on average, our plastic mineral water bottles contain 50% R-PET.
On the other hand, glass bottles contain on average 48% recycled glass in the case of clear bottles, while the percentage rises to 60% for green bottles. Our cans contain over 71% recycled aluminium. These tangible results are fruit of an on-going dialogue and long-term collaboration with our packaging suppliers.
