Neste Announces Agreement to Produce Bottles Using Renewable & Recycled Material
Neste’s RE, incorporating recycled and renewable material, will be used in making PET bottles.
announced a collaboration that will bring its RE, a polyethylene terephthalate derived from renewable and recycled material, to bottle production. The cooperation between Neste, , and will enable the production of PET resin on a commercial scale.
Neste RE is Neste’s feedstock for polymers production, made 100% from bio-based raw materials such as waste and residues, e.g. used cooking oil, to replace fossil feedstock in the value chain. Japanese beverage company Suntory will utilize the renewable PET resin to produce bottles for its products in 2024.
Neste RE consists of pure hydrocarbons made from bio-based raw materials and can be used as a drop-in solution to replace fossil feedstock in the making of polymers and chemicals.
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A new partner for Neste in Japan, ENEOS will use bio-intermediates based on Neste RE to produce bio-PX (Bio-Paraxylene) at its Mizushima Refinery in Okayama, Japan. The bio-PX will then be converted to PTA (Purified Terephthalic Acid) and subsequently to PET resin for Suntory to use to manufacture their PET bottles. Mitsubishi Corporation will be coordinating the collaboration between the value chain partners.
“Through partnering along the value chain, Neste can contribute to reducing the polymers and chemicals industry’s dependence on fossil resources as well as to manufacturing of products that have a lower carbon footprint,” says Lilyana Budyanto, head of sustainable partnerships APAC at Neste Renewable Polymers and Chemicals ´óÏó´«Ã½ unit.
A mass balancing approach will be applied to allocate the bio-based materials to the PET bottles.
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