Bacardi ditches pourers in bottles to cut 140 tons of plastic waste per year

Bacardi is ditching the tiny plastic bit at the top of its bottles' necks in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, Spain, and Portugal to cut approximately 140 tons of plastic waste annually.

Dubbed pourers and technically called Non-Refillable Fitment (NRF), it regulates and keeps adulterants out, including illegal refills.

Bacardi’s VP of global safety, quality, and sustainability, Rodolfo Nervi, stated that the move is the right thing to do for the planet.

Bacardi’s commitment is to be 100 percent plastic free by 2030.

The NRFs can be found in bottles of Bacardi’s rum and other brands, including Martini, Bombay Sapphire, and Dewar’s.

By early next year, Bacardi says all of their 1.75-liter rum bottles in the U.S. and Canada will have lost the pourers. That alone should cut 76 tons of plastic per year. Meanwhile, Spain and Portugal will see the plastic pourers disappearing from all Bacardi products over the next six months.

Nervi added that removing the NRFs shouldn’t negatively impact the drinking experience.