"PepsiCo Inc has revealed their new eco-friendly bottle, which is made entirely of plant material. The bottle is made from switch grass, pine bark, corn husks and other materials. Pepsi plans on using peels, oat hulls, potato scraps and other organic waste from its food business to manufacture these bottles as well.
The soda giant says it is the world’s first bottle of a common type of plastic called PET made entirely of plant-based materials. Coca-Cola Co. currently produces a bottle using 30% plant-based materials and recently estimated it would be several years before it has a 100% plant bottle that’s commercially viable.
Pepsi is going to test the new bottle next year with several hundred thousand bottles. Once they are certain they can successfully produce the bottle at that scale, it will begin converting all its products over."
From: www.sustainabilityninja.com
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