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Carbios, working with L'Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe, produced sample food-grade PET bottles made entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic. Carbios plans a demonstration plant and a 40,000-ton facility by 2025.
Biffa and Nestlé Waters UK announced a partnership to deliver 100% rPET made from British recycled plastic for Nestlé Waters products.
Nestlé Waters is investing around £31 million in its Buxton factory in the UK, including a £26 million warehouse extension of about 14,000 square metres and a £5 million pipeline from a second nearby spring. Both projects are expected to be completed in spring 2021.
Sanpellegrino installed two Sidel Matrix Combi blow/fill/cap systems for PET bottles at its Ruspino plant in Italy to increase production capacity.
Danone and Nestlé Waters launched the NaturALL Bottle Alliance with California startup Origin Materials to develop 100% bio-based PET bottles made from non-food feedstocks. The partners expect first bottles in stores by 2020.
