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The Not-So-Humble Plastic Bottle.
- Source :
- Plastics Engineering; Jan2013, p4-9, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The article focuses on the PlantBottle, a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle made from plant material launched by beverages company Coca-Cola Co. in 2009. Topics discussed include 40% of global bioplastics production capacity which is accounted by bio-based PET, based on the trade association European Bioplastics, reduction of the weight of bottle, and impact of lightweighting bottles in recycling industry based on the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR).
- Subjects :
- PLASTIC bottles
POLYETHYLENE terephthalate
BEVERAGE container recycling
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00919578
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Plastics Engineering
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 108731682
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1941-9635.2013.tb00938.x