{"id":32318,"date":"2016-02-18T07:41:37","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T06:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.biofuelsdigest.com%2Fbdigest%2F2016%2F02%2F01%2Fthe-race-for-the-100-biobased-plastic-bottle%2F"},"modified":"2016-02-16T13:21:33","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T12:21:33","slug":"the-race-for-the-100-biobased-plastic-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/the-race-for-the-100-biobased-plastic-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Race for the 100% Biobased Plastic Bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Switzerland, AVA Biochem revealed that it is expanding its product portfolio to include platform chemical FDCA (2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid)\u2014 and that\u2019s a pathway to a molecule\u00a0called PEF that\u2019s a potential bio-based replacement for PET used to make clear plastic bottles for soft drinks. So, it\u2019s big news in a field that\u2019s getting crowded with promising contenders. Here are the companies, their technologies, partners and prospects.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Potential customers abound. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Heinz, Suntory \u2014 and more to come. The Coca-Cola Plant Bottle has been a raging success, reaching up to 30% biobased content. Now, the technologies aim for The Full Monty \u2014 100% replacement, with a variety of technologies, pathways and feedstocks. Plus, as a bonus we\u2019ll look at some of the existing companies with\u00a0technologies that have helped beverage makers reach that 30% threshold so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Switzerland, AVA Biochem revealed that it is expanding its product portfolio to include platform chemical FDCA (2,5-Furandicarboxylic acid)\u2014 and that\u2019s a pathway to a molecule\u00a0called PEF that\u2019s a potential bio-based replacement for PET used to make clear plastic bottles for soft drinks. So, it\u2019s big news in a field that\u2019s getting crowded with promising [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[8793],"supplier":[2188,6487,742,5384,337,818,1534,1509,3791,1944],"class_list":["post-32318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biomaterials","supplier-anellotech-corp","supplier-ava-biochem","supplier-avantium-technologies-bv","supplier-corbion","supplier-dupont","supplier-gevo-inc","supplier-global-bioenergies","supplier-honeywell","supplier-pacific-northwest-national-laboratory","supplier-virent-energy-systems-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32318"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=32318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}