Indorama Ventures debuts PET bottles derived from used cooking oil
The company has collaborated with Eneos, Mitsubishi, Iwatani and Neste to produce the bottles for Suntory.
10 December 2024 – Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd., headquartered in Thailand, has collaborated with Eneos Corp., Mitsubishi Corp., Iwatani and Neste to launch the world’s first commercially available bio-polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle made using ISCC+ certified bio-paraxylene derived from used cooking oil. PET bottles made from this technology can significantly reduce CO2 emissions of products.
Beginning in November, the Suntory Group introduced these bio-PET bottles for selected products in Japan. The collaboration will launch approximately 45 million PET bottles for beverages made with this material, with further introduction for Suntory products to be considered in the future.
