date:Oct 09, 2012
dvantages of a commercial- scale drop-in plant-based PET bottle for either company would be many. For one thing, they would replace the expensive and dwindling petroleum ingredient with widely available plant-based ones. With prices of petroleum unstable at best, this could remove an increasing financial burden for Coke and Pepsi.
Another advantage, at least in PepsiCos case, would be the creation of a closed-loop system where waste generated by its snack food business could potentially be turn