{"id":6503,"date":"2011-03-15T07:31:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T14:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=6503"},"modified":"2011-03-15T07:31:19","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T14:31:19","slug":"pepsi-announces-green-bottle-from-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/pepsi-announces-green-bottle-from-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Pepsi Announces GREEN Bottle Made from Plant Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Green_Bottle_Logo_Hi-Res_FINAL1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6509 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/files\/2011\/03\/Green_Bottle_Logo_Hi-Res_FINAL1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Green_Bottle_Logo_Hi-Res_FINAL1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Green_Bottle_Logo_Hi-Res_FINAL1-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Green_Bottle_Logo_Hi-Res_FINAL1.jpg 1127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Let the world of PET bottles rejoice. PepsiCo has developed the world\u2019s first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based, fully renewable resources, enabling the company to manufacture a beverage container with a significantly reduced carbon footprint.<\/p>\n<p>The new bottle is 100% recyclable and, according to the company, &#8220;far surpasses existing industry technologies.&#8221; The bottle is made from bio-based raw materials, including switch grass, pine bark and corn husks. In the future, it expects to broaden the renewable sources used to create the green bottle to include orange peels, potato peels, oat hulls and other agricultural byproducts from its foods business.<\/p>\n<p>Combining biological and chemical processes, PepsiCo has identified methods to create a molecular structure that is identical to petroleum-based PET (polyethylene terephthalate), which the company claims results in a bottle that looks, feels and protects its product identically to existing PET beverage containers.<\/p>\n<p>PepsiCo will pilot production of the new bottle in 2012. Upon successful completion of the pilot, the company intends to move directly to full-scale commercialization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let the world of PET bottles rejoice. PepsiCo has developed the world\u2019s first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based, fully renewable resources, enabling the company to manufacture a beverage container with a significantly reduced carbon footprint. The new bottle is 100% recyclable and, according to the company, &#8220;far surpasses existing industry technologies.&#8221; The bottle 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