Plant-based and recyclable plastic bottles now enabled with VTT’s new FDCA technology using citrus peel as raw material
Press release 8 December, 2020 The shift from fossil-based to renewable bio-plastics requires new efficient methods. New technology developed at VTT enables the use of pectin-containing agricultural waste, such as citrus peel and sugar beet pulp, as raw material for bio-based PEF-plastics for replacing fossil-based PET. The carbon footprint of plastic bottles can be lowered by 50% when replacing their raw material of PET with PEF polymers, which also provides a better shelf life for food.“In the near future, you may buy orange juice in bottles that are made out of orange peel. VTT’s