Beverage-makers looking to reduce the amount of single-use plastic for their products are adapting their secondary packaging approach.

Coors Light announced it will eliminate plastic rings from packaging globally, where Molson Coors owns brewing operations. To support the move to more sustainable packaging, Molson Coors Beverage Co., Chicago, will invest $85 million, enabling Coors Light to begin the transition to fully recyclable and sustainably sourced cardboard-wrap carriers later this year.

In the name of sustainability beverage manufacturers are taking a proactive approach with packaging innovations. With Beverage Industry’s annual Best Packages of Year feature, the editors selected a collection of packaging releases that highlight the sustainable packaging efforts that beverage-makers are applying to their brands.

An increasing demand for reusable packaging has driven the development of DW Reusables NV’s lastest innovation: Bottlebee.

The KHS Group released its Innopack Kisters Carton Nature Packer (CNP). 

Labatt Blue and Labatt Blue Light recently rolled out new recycled and photodegradable green plastic carrier rings: Hi-Cone RingCycles.

Graphic Packaging International partnered with Estrella Damm to replace its plastic shrinkwrap packaging, equivalent to 99 tons annually, with paperboard alternatives on its multipack cans.

Uncle Matt’s Organic announced that its Ultimate Immune Orange Juice Beverage now is available in a family-friendly two-pack at Costco locations throughout Texas. 

Suppliers announced recent partnerships to further their sustainability efforts as well as their commitments to important causes.

Deschutes Brewery announced the most recent release of The Abyss, which features a new packaging format.