Aqueous compositions useful in filling and conveying of beverage bottles wherein the compositions comprise hardness ions and have improved compatibility with pet

A method for processing and transporting hydrolytically susceptible polymer bottles filled with carbonated beverages along a conveyor wherein the bottle contacts one or more aqueous compositions having hardness greater than about 25 ppm as CaCO3 and a ratio of hardness as ppm CaCO3 to alkalinity as ppm CaCO3 equal to at least about 1 to 1, wherein the passage of bottles is lubricated using a dry lubricant composition and the composition does not include fatty acid lubricants.

An aqueous lubricant composition comprising between about 0.1 and 1.0 weight percent lubricant concentrate composition and between 99.0 and 99.9 percent dilution water and having greater than about 50 ppm alkalinity as CaCO3, wherein the ratio of hardness as ppm CaCO3 in the aqueous lubricant composition to alkalinity as ppm CaCO3 in the dilution water used to prepare the aqueous lubricant composition is greater than about 1 to 1 and greater than about 70 percent of the hardness in the final composition is provided by a concentrate composition and less than about 30 percent of the hardness is provided by water used to dilute the concentrate, further comprising a water miscible silicone material, and wherein the composition does not include fatty acid lubricants.