‘Vin in a tin’: Waitrose cans mini wine bottles in carbon-cutting measure

Supermarket's switch from glass to aluminium cans expected to halve carbon footprint per drink

Waitrose is canning the mini wine bottle in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of takeaway drinks.

The supermarket plans to switch all of its 187ml glass wine bottles - except those containing champagne, prosecco, cava and rioja because of restrictions imposed by those particular appellations - to aluminium cans by next week. The cans will come in 187ml, 200ml and 250ml sizes.