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.
Related posts: “Avantium redefines its
commercialization strategy of PEF”, 10/6/2019.
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.