Coca‑Cola plans to commercialize a next gen plant-based plastic in collaboration with bio-mass-chemical-tech company Changhun Meihe Science and Technology and biorefinery UPM. The company crossed the milestone this week with the unveiling of its first-ever beverage bottle made from 100% plant-based plastic, excluding the cap and label, that has been made using technologies that are ready for commercial scale. The prototype bottle comes more than a decade after the company’s PlantBottle™ debuted as the world’s first recyclable PET plastic bottle made with up to 30% plant-based material https://www.cocacolacompany.com/news/100-percent-plant-based-plastic-bottle?utm_medium=linkedin&utm_source=social-boost. A limited run of approximately 900 of the prototype bottles have been produced.
