glass or plastic sir...

Sparked by a recent jump from glass to plastic wine bottles by UK grocery giant Marks & Spencer, the debate between which is better for good ol` mother earth.
It took over two years to develop the plastic compound, which sandwich an impermeable layer between two layers of PET plastic

Plastic is obviously lighter than glass, cutting down on both shipping costs and weight, and therefore amount of fuel used to lug wine bottles accross the country.

However, the glaring issue, in the UK recycling plastic comes in the form of burning for ``energy recovery`` which blows the carbon footprint largely out of proportion.

Seems to me it is the better of two evils... the solution, pick a local favorite wine and recycle the bottles or even better- return them to the vineyard when you are there picking up the next case our two.