Coca-Cola and NAYA Waters are leading the way in cutting
petroleum out of PET plastics in beverage bottles. Sources: The
Coca-Cola Co., NAYA Two beverage companies are doing their part
to decrease the amount of petroleum used in the making of their
bottles-one by substituting a portion of plant-based resin for
petroleum-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and the other
by using completely recycled material, called rPET. The
manufacturers are The Coca-Cola Company and NAYA (Les Eaux Naya
Inc.) of Mirabel, QC, Canada. “We are taking a major step along
our sustainable packaging journey as The Coca-Cola Company
becomes the first-to-market with a recyclable PET plastic bottle
made partially from plants,” said Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola
chairman and CEO. “From Coke brands in Copenhagen to DASANI
water in the Western United States, we are starting to roll out
the first generation of the bottle of the future.” Coca-Cola’s
PlantBottle uses up to 30% plant-based resins, but varies
according to how much recycled material