Sugar cane and molasses are just two of the ingredients in Coca-Cola’s new PlantBottle. Coca-Cola, makers of the world’s most popular beverage on the planet, is making an effort to reduce their contribution to the landfill and use of petroleum products, with their new PET plastic bottle, now partially made from an estimated 30% plant material.
PlantBottle packaging is made via a process that turns sugar cane and molasses, a by-product of sugar production, into a key component for PET plastic. Coca-Cola is reporting that their ultimate goal is to use non-food, plant-based waste, such as wood chips or wheat stalks, to produce recyclable PET plastic bottles.
The global company intends to produce 2 billion of the special PET plastic bottles by the end of 2010. Various Coca-Cola products, in PlantBottles, will also be part of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Each day more than 1.6 billion Coca-Cola beverages are consumed in more than 200 countries around the globe.
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written by scott , July 22, 2010