The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) recently announced at the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Conference their continued progress towards a 100% renewably sourced PET package as part of their PlantBottle program. FENC was excited to be previously chosen as a collaboration partner by TCCC to convert bio-based raw materials into monomers and produce PlantBottle resin that was used in the bottles disclosed at the Conference. The work at FENC was done by its green material and polyester fiber team at its research center in Taiwan. FENC was part of a joint effort with Virent, Inc (raw material supplier), FENC, and TCCC to validate the feasibility of making a 100% renewable and recyclable PET package as a key step in TCCC’s PlantBottle research program. FENC has been engaged with TCCC for several years on the commercialization of their current PlantBottle PET program, that is up to 30% renewably-based, to improve the carbon footprint of PET packaging material and reduce dependence on petroleum feedstocks used in today’s plastics. FENC’s efforts with TCCC’s PlantBottle program demonstrate FENC’s effort in new green material development and a big step forward for FENC’s commitment to progressing green chemistry for the polyester industry.
