Avantium to provide PEF for the fully biobased and recyclable Paper Bottle


Type of post: NEWS.

Avantium will be one of the technology providers for the fully plant-based and recyclable Paper Bottle. A thin layer of Avantium’s polyethylene furanoate (PEF) will provide the Paper Bottle with the high barrier properties (the ability to withstand gas permeability through the bottle) needed for beverages such as beer and carbonated soft drinks.
Press release: “Avantium joins the Paper Bottle Project”, 11/10/2019.

Figure 1. Paboco (Paper Bottle Company) is a joint venture between paper packaging material developer BillerudKorsnäs and bottle manufacturing specialist Alpla

The Paper Bottle Company (Paboco®) announced at the Paboco Pioneer Community Event in the Carlsberg Academy in Copenhagen that Avantium joins the Paper Bottle Project. Paboco is a joint venture between paper packaging material developer BillerudKorsnäs and bottle manufacturing specialist Alpla. Leading brand owners (Carlsberg Group, Coca-Cola Europe, L’Oréal, Teknos, The Absolut Company) have joined this innovation community aiming to provide consumers with a fully biobased and recyclable paper bottle, an alternative that ultimately will change the industry and impact the environment for good.

The Paper Bottle is using renewable paper to build strength and structure and Avantium’s PEF as barrier solution. PEF’s barrier and thermal properties are superior to conventional PET. In combination with a significantly reduced carbon footprint, those enhanced properties gives PEF all the attributes to become the main next-generation polyester (additional information here: FDCA  biorefineries). It is possible to fully recycle the Paper Bottle by separating the paper and PEF. Each layer becomes a mono-material returned to the recycling stream. Development work of the Paper Bottle with the PEF layer is in progress.

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