Pepsi's Green Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Bottles

PepsiCo has developed Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles to sell the sugar water. Using pine bark, switch grass and corn husks Pepsi's developed bottles that will certainly help in reducing the carbon footprint. The PET is 100% recyclable.

Company's researchers said that they have created a special type of molecular structure using bio-chemcial processes. The new molecule structure is similar to petroleum based PET but created using plant materials. The new bottle looks exactly similar to current PET bottles. The company uses agro by-products like orange peels, potato peels and oat hulls. Company's CEO, Indra Nooyi said that Pepsi being world's largest foods and bevarages manufacturer is in a unique position to source the by-products of its agri-business to manufacture environment friendly bottles to serve its products.



This announcement is certainly going to affect Pepsi's main competitor, Coca Cola. The Coca Cola company currently uses 30% plant material in their bottles and have said that they've been able to create 100% recyclable bottles in their laboratories and currently testing the product. Both companies manufacture millions of bottles every year and the green initiatives from both these companies is welcome. Going by the statistics, only 30% of global petroleum based PET is used in manufacturing of bottles for the soft drinks.

The official release of PET based bottles is expected to begin in 2012.

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