Sustainable Traditional Plastics Made from Renewable Sources

2 SUSTAINABLE TRADITIONAL PLASTICS MADE FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES [Pg.254]

Traditional plastics can be made from agricultural products, including PET, PBT, nylon 6, nylon 10, and acrylics. The largest interest has occurred with the biobased PET botde. Currently, Coca-Cola introduced a biobased PET bottle, for example. Plant Bottle, with 30% biobased and 70% petroleum based (After Dasani Test 2009). PET botdes are made typically from 30% mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) and 70% terephthalic acid. The MEG can be made with biobased sources and the terephthalic acid is made from petroleum sources. The production capacity of the 30% bio-PET bottle is 452,000 tons. Coca-Cola plans to launch a 100% PET bottle in the future (Race to 100% bio-PET). [Pg.254]

Production of polyethylene from sugarcane or sugar beets requires half of the land use than from com (Bos et al. 2012). [Pg.255]

3 GROWTH IN BIOBASED PLASTICS WITH DEVELOPMENT OF DURABLE GOODS [Pg.255]

In 2015, the growth in biobased plastics is expected to be led by biopolyethylene and bio-PET. Table 10.4 lists the anticipated production volumes of biobased polymers (Market Update Bioplastics 2012). [Pg.255]

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