PEF can become the ‘standard in the food and drink industry’, says plastics producer The use of PEF plastic – which is made entirely from plants, is fully recyclable and which degrades in nature much faster than normal plastics has the potential to become the standard in the food and drink industry, claims the company attempting to scale up the material.
Dutch biochemical company Avantium says it is on track to open its first commercial production plant by the end of 2023. The facility – in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, will produce 5,000 metric tonnes of FDCA per annum. FDCA is the key building block for polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a 100% plant-based, fully recyclable biopolyester. According to Avantium, PEF has the potential to replace various packaging materials such as PET, glass or aluminium in typical applications like bottles for soft drinks, water, alcoholic beverages and fruit juices. It expects bottles made with PEF to appear in Europe
Coca-Cola launches paper bottle trial in Hungary Coca-Cola plant-based drink, AdeZ, will roll out 2,000 bottles of its paper prototype: marking the first market test for the innovation.
The paper bottle prototype design was unveiled last year; and will move into a market trial with the dairy-free smoothie brand this summer to see how the packaging performs and how consumers react.
The technology aims to create 100% recyclable bottles made of sustainably-sourced wood with a bio-based material barrier suitable for liquid goods, such as carbonated and still drinks.
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current prototype consists of a paper shell with an rPET recyclable lining and cap. Ultimately, the goal is to develop a bottle without the plastic liner that can be recycled in the same way as paper.
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Is the move to paper packaging sustainable for beverage bottles? Major brand owners like Absolut, Diageo, Carlsberg, and PepsiCo are developing paper bottles, but what does a market analyst say about this paper chase?
Until the last couple years the concept of a paper bottle would seem at best an oxymoron, but innovations continue to break barriers in the pursuit of packaging that offers sustainability benefits, ideally aligned with recycling.
Thus, there’s renewed interest by major brands in paper bottles, which though not new, are experiencing increased activity, undoubtedly sparked by the anti-plastic sentiment sweeping the globe.
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