Two years after Coca-Cola Co. unveiled a bottle made partly from plant materials, PepsiCo says it is introducing a better one: the world's first plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based materials.
Pepsi announced a new "green" bottle that is 100 percent recyclable and made from bio-based raw materials, including switch grass, pine bark and corn husks. In the future, the company 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.
PepsiCo says the new bottle, which could be several years from hitting the wider market, will reduce its dependence on petroleum. Their recent environmental innovations include a 100% post-consumer recycled bottle for the Naked Juice brand, a fully compostable bag for SunChips, and a program that replenished six billion liters of water across India after their manufacturing facilities consumed five billion.
Both Coke and Pepsi will continue to fill their bottles with their namesake carbonated drink products made primarily from high fructose corn syrup, which has been linked to increased risks for diabetes and heart disease.
