World’s First PET Plastic Bottle Made Entirely from Plants
16.06.2015Company: Coca-Cola Česká republika s.r.o.
PlantBottle 2.0 – the world’s first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant materials – debuted on 3 June at the World Expo in Milan.
PlantBottle packaging™ uses patented technology that converts natural sugars found in plants into the ingredients for making fully recyclable PET plastic bottles. It looks, functions and recycles like traditional PET but has less impact on the planet and its resources. Coca-Cola current PlantBottle packaging, made from up to 30 percent plant-based materials, has helped save over 360,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions since 2009.
PlantBottle packaging is the latest breakthrough from The Coca-Cola Company designed to change the way the world thinks of plastic bottles.
