nytimes.com— Wine in a box makes sense environmentally and economically. Vintners in the United States would be wise to embrace the trend that is slowly gaining acceptance worldwide.
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Not that I agree with your retarded approach and belief that environmentalism is something that should be made fun of, (only **** do that kind of thing) but I'll believe it when I see France and Spain bottling highly regarded wines in boxes.
I can't help but think that producing/recycling the 3-5 wine bottles that hold the equivalent amount of wine as a box would require energy expenditure much greater than recycling the plastic and paper of a box of wine. Recylcing centers don't take plastic bags not because they are hard to recycle but because there is so little material that it isn't worth it to bother recycling. Aluminum is recycled everywhere because the ray material is very expensive to get out of the earth. It isn't recycled a lot because it is particularly good for the environment but because the metal is so valuable because it is fairly rare and hard to extract. Something being recyclable isn't this amazing gold star for it's environmental impact. A hummer is more recyclable than a prius.
Box wine is not necessarily abysmal quality. There are several great wines that come from a box. Black Box varietals are good, for example.You are thinking of Franzia and the like.. which are, and always will be, crap.
Boxed wine has a limited shelf life. They're not going to put a really good quality wine in a box where, if it doesn't get sold, it goes bad in a month.
Exactly! How the hell is the box with plastic inside green???? Glass was around for thousands of years and didn't cause any problems. I am fed up with all the crap greedy businesses push down our throats and for lack of better explanations they present their BS as GREEN!!! It might be green but it stinks like any BS.
etx313Aug 19, 2008
Man, I been hitting the box alllllllllll night.
dafragstaAug 19, 2008
Not that I agree with your retarded approach and belief that environmentalism is something that should be made fun of, (only **** do that kind of thing) but I'll believe it when I see France and Spain bottling highly regarded wines in boxes.
mfoodyAug 19, 2008
I can't help but think that producing/recycling the 3-5 wine bottles that hold the equivalent amount of wine as a box would require energy expenditure much greater than recycling the plastic and paper of a box of wine. Recylcing centers don't take plastic bags not because they are hard to recycle but because there is so little material that it isn't worth it to bother recycling. Aluminum is recycled everywhere because the ray material is very expensive to get out of the earth. It isn't recycled a lot because it is particularly good for the environment but because the metal is so valuable because it is fairly rare and hard to extract. Something being recyclable isn't this amazing gold star for it's environmental impact. A hummer is more recyclable than a prius.
nikdahlAug 19, 2008
Box wine is not necessarily abysmal quality. There are several great wines that come from a box. Black Box varietals are good, for example.You are thinking of Franzia and the like.. which are, and always will be, crap.
thuktunAug 19, 2008
Boxed wine has a limited shelf life. They're not going to put a really good quality wine in a box where, if it doesn't get sold, it goes bad in a month.
jaffarabdulAug 21, 2008
Exactly! How the hell is the box with plastic inside green???? Glass was around for thousands of years and didn't cause any problems. I am fed up with all the crap greedy businesses push down our throats and for lack of better explanations they present their BS as GREEN!!! It might be green but it stinks like any BS.
erockchopJun 26, 2009
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