Lighter weight proves fruitful for HDPE-bottled nectars

Currant Co. nectars, rebottled into plastic for weight savings, expand to six varieties and national distribution.

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Multiplication and repackaging add up to a market expansion for The Currant Co., whose vice president and general manager Ryan Quinn believes plastic is the future for the company's expanded line of six bottled currant nectars. The revamped and extended lineup of its CurrantC nectars coincides with a repackaging into 16-oz high-density polyethylene bottles and expansion of the products into national distribution. The product in one variety had been sold on a limited basis in a 16-oz glass bottle since 2005.

"We made the packaging change for a number of reasons, first and foremost, it's a whole lot less expensive to ship the products across country in plastic versus glass," offers Quinn, the son of company founder Greg Quinn.

According to the Staatsburg, NY, company, other reasons for the change include the fact that HDPE bottles are easy to recycle, and HDPE is one of the resin types most in demand by recyclers.

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