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Article: United States : Diam Reduces Carbon Footprint Of Technical Closures For Wine Bottles.
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- Article date:
- September 2, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
Just two years after commissioning the world's first carbon footprint study into the impact of wine closure production on the environment, leading wine closure producer, Diam reduced its carbon footprint by 12 percent bringing it more in line with the carbon footprint of natural cork production.
DIAM is a technological wine bottle closure that addresses two major threats to the wine industry: closure consistency and cork taint. Cork taint is detected by its characteristic odor, often described as wet cardboard or wet dog, and renders affected bottles spoiled and unfit for drinking. Most cork taint is caused by 2,4,6-trichloroanisole ...