100% biobased PET bottle introduced

25 June 2015

The Coca-Cola Company has unveiled the PlantBottle™, a PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant materials. PlantBottle packaging uses patented technology that converts natural sugars found in plants into the ingredients for making PET plastic bottles. The packaging looks, functions and recycles like traditional PET. The company uses sugarcane and waste from the sugarcane manufacturing process to create the packaging.
Since the 2009 launch, the company has distributed more than 35 billion bottles in nearly 40 countries using its current version of PlantBottle packaging which is made from up to 30% plant-based materials (Press Release The Coca-Cola Company, 3 June 2015).
Click here for the press release.
Click here for more information about the PlantBottle.

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