BIO-BASED PLASTICS | INNOVATION
commercial launch in February this year. The new bottle recently won awards, including the main prize in the Brand & Communication Design category at the 2025 Red Dot Design Award in Germany. “As markets increasingly focus on recyclability, carbon performance, and consumer acceptance,
this project demonstrates the potential of PLA- based solutions to meet functional requirements while supporting broader circular economy objectives, without compromising brand recogni- tion or industrial performance,” said Hao Ding, Global Marketing Director at TotalEnergies Corbion. A US consortium called BOTTLE (Bio-optimized technologies to keep thermoplastics out of landfills and the environment) has been working to ad- vance depolymerization of mixed, polyester-type bio-based plastics, such as PLA and others, as well as conventional PET. Early-stage start-up company EsterCycle has continued to de-risk and develop its technology for breaking down a mixed feedstock of petroleum and bio-based plastics, such as PET, PLA, and PBAT, to their fundamental building blocks in one pot. “We currently operate at a scale of 5 kg mixed plastic waste per day using the lab facilities at the National Laboratory of the Rockies. We are raising a pre-seed investment round to establish an inde- pendent pre-pilot lab recycling 25 kg of post-con- sumer waste per day,” said Julia Curley, Founder and CEO. A producer of PLA recently tested EsterCycle’s recycled lactate and found that it
Left: Bio-based plastics packaging following sortation at NTCP as part of the PROSPER project
Tray to tray, for real!
Designed to handle complex multilayer feedstock Patented Friction Washer = Effective Mechanical Delamination Superior Flakes Quality
The most efficient PET WASHING TECHNOLOGY, now available for PET TRAYS!
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