Coke exploring 3 routes for plant-based packaging

摘要

Coca-Cola is leading the beverage industry away from non-renewable plastic packaging by launching multi-million dollar partnership agreements. The company has chosen to work with three biotechnology firms to speed commercial development of next-generation PlantBottle packaging made from 100-percent plant-based materials. The company's ambitious goal: to move its $60 billion-per-year global supply chain totally to plant-based bottles by 2015, according to Rick Frazier, vp, commercial product supply. In 2009, Coca-Cola launched its first-generation PlantBottle, the first recyclable PET beverage bottle made from plants (with 30 percent plant-based material). It has been deployed in 20 countries, and more than 10 billion have been distributed.