Suntory to begin using PET bottles using UCO

In Japan, starting this November, Suntory Group will begin introducing PET bottles using paraxylene derived from used cooking oil (bio-paraxylene) for select products in Japan. This will be the world’s first commercialized PET bottles using bio-paraxylene and will help significantly reduce CO2 emissions compared to those made from conventional virgin petroleum-based materials. The group will introduce this to approximately 45 million beverage PET bottles*3 with consideration underway to expand its use across its product portfolio.