I recently held a small gathering at my casa and wanted to welcome my guests with local, delicious beers.

The more local the beer, the less carbon to get that beer from the brewery to my apartment. Plus, the added bonus of my choice to pick up the beer via hoof would only decrease those carbon emissions. However, carrying the beer on foot for a few (but long!) short blocks caused a dilemma: I didn’t want to carry glass bottles all the way home. My new criteria was a case of aluminum cans.

After a few minutes of debate, I settled on an Old Forge Brewing Company variety pack, based in Danville, PA. But I noticed each 6 pack was covered by these plastic caps (see above). As you may see, these caps are made from 96% recycled content. Specifically, the PCR (Post Consumer Resin) plastic packaging is created from recycled plastics which are resistant to stress cracking and require less water/energy during production. Also, they seem like an alternative to the useless flimsy 6-pack holders of the 80s – which we blamed so many animal deaths on growing up.

So where can you recycle these caps? I’d highly recommend asking before you purchase and returning them to the beer distributor. Bella Vista Beer Distributor accepts them for sure.

Readers, have you seen these caps? Where have you recycled them?

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Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake. View all posts by Julie Hancher