Manufacturing glass bottles is a carbon intensive process and wine producers looking to manage their Scope 3 packaging emissions will be keen to partner with companies offering strategic carbon emissions management.
In Cheshire, northwest England, the largest glass furnaces in the world are located at the Encirc factory in Elton. The intense heat and raw power produced by the two furnaces is quite literally awe inspiring, leaving no doubt as to the energy hungry process required to shape molten glass into containers.
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