Pilot project turns plastic marine waste into Coke bottles

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A small-scale PET recycling project is creating sample bottles partially made from marine debris.T he effort created about 300 bottles for Coca-Cola Co.through a process developed by loniqa Technologies BV of Eindhoven,Netherlands.The bottles were made with 25 percent plastic recovered from the Mediterranean Sea and beaches.Coca-Cola and its project partners,which include PET maker Indorama Ventures and marine debris cleanup group Mares Circulares,were out to prove that the degraded marine plastics can be transformed into food and drink packaging.”The impact of enhanced recycling will be felt on a global scale.By working with Coca-Cola and Indorama to produce this bottle,we aim to show what this technology can deliver,”loniqa CEO Tonnis Hooghoudt said in a statement.loniqa uses depolymerization technology to make new clear PET food-safe bottles,according to the company.Bruno van Gompel is technical and supply chain director for Coca-Cola in Western Europe.”