New plastic bottle claims to cut carbon footprint
The new bottles are made using sugarcane grown in Brazilian plantations and the material replaces one of the two key components of plastics, which are derived from crude oil.
Coca-Cola Company is introducing a new plastic bottle for its mineral waters which it says could produce a lower carbon footprint than existing bottles.
The new bottles are made using sugarcane grown in Brazilian plantations and the material replaces one of the two key components of plastics, which are derived from crude oil.
The bottle, already introduced in 24 regions around the world, will be used to package Bonaqua water in Hong Kong.
Coca-Cola said the new bottles would result in a 10 per cent reduction in their carbon footprint and it hoped to replace all oil-based plastic bottles by 2020.
Au-Yeung Wing, technical director of innovation and commercialisation, said the new bottle was more expensive to produce than the old one, because of today's petroleum prices. But the company would not be passing this cost to the consumer.
Au-Yeung said the difference between the old and new bottles was one of the components.