E-Malt.com News article: Russia: Draft bill banning plastic beer bottles of 1.5 litres and more to be contested by the government

A draft bill in Russia that proposes to ban plastics beer bottles of 1.5 litres or above is to be contested by the country’s government, which will instead look for a balanced solution when the parliament meets again to debate the projected law, according to local news reports.

Beer bottles made from PET packaging have a large market share in the Eastern European country, with estimates showing that more than 50 per cent of beer produced in Russia is sold in plastics packaging.

The Russian parliament has been debating the bill since 2013. In that time, local brewers have prepared for the new rules by proposing to scrap beer production in containers over 2.5-litre.


29 May, 2015