Eco plastic bottle

In Anywhere   |  2 years ago  |  0 comments

Biota is the world's first compostable bottle. It will degrate in 80 days in a normal commercial environment. The concept is relatively simple. Cargill essentially "harvests" the carbon from corn, which plants remove from the air during photosynthesis and store in grain starches. This is achieved by breaking down the starches into natural plant sugars.

The carbon and other elements in these natural sugars are then used to make plastic, called polylactide (PLA), through a simple process of fermentation, separation and polymerisation. Packaging made from NatureWorks is therefore 100 per cent nature-based.