100% Plant Bottle by PepsiCo

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In 2009, Coca-Cola Co. launched soda in a 30% plant-based plastic bottle, the PlantBottle, made from plant sugars. Today, two years later, PepsiCo Inc. responded. Although second to the game, PepsiCo has announced a 100% plant bottle. This PET bottle is said to share the same appearance of its petroleum-based counterpart, even sharing an identical molecular structure.

The plastic is comprised entirely from plant material including corn husks, switch grass, and pine bark with later plans to include byproducts from its food products such as skins from potatoes, oranges and oats. A pilot production will be released next year.

This release is one of the many eco friendly packaging efforts being made by PepsiCo Inc. In 2009, their Frito-Lay product, Sun Chips, was released in a compostable bag. Due to some negative feedback, they reworked the materials and re-launched an improved product earlier this year. In October 2010, they also announced a biodegradable chip bag to be manufactured from potato peels.

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Comment Link Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:22 posted by Anna Jordan
Coca-Cola, like PepsiCo, has launched a variety of environmentally-friendly packaging. They're using their PlantBottles not only for soda and water, but also struck a deal to allow Heinz to use the bottle for its ketchup and Odwalla to use it for their juice containers.
Comment Link Tuesday, 15 March 2011 13:30 posted by Michele May
Some of the issues that Frito-Lay (PepsiCo) had with the compostable bags involved the use of PLA plastic. This particular type of plastic uses a lot more energy and creates a lot more pollution than a standard PET plastic. As for being compostable, it will not break down in all composts, only select commercial applications. Is this really a sustainable solution?

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