7 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 25 No. 11/24 Suntory introduces first commercialised PET bottles using bio-paraxylene Starting this November, Suntory Group began introducing PET bottles using paraxylene derived from used cooking oil (bio-paraxylene) for select products in Japan. This will be the first commercialised 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 with consideration underway to expand its use across its product portfolio. PET resin, the raw material for PET bottles, consists of 30% monoethylene glycol and 70% terephthalic acid. Since 2013, Suntory Group has been using plant-derived materials for monoethylene glycol in its Suntory Tennensui brand PET bottles. In this new challenge, the group has succeeded in producing terephthalic acid at a commercial scale by using paraxylene derived from used cooking oil, a biomass resource. To achieve this, the group established a global supply chain in collaboration with corporations such as Eneos Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation to procure bionaphtha derived from used cooking oil and ultimately produce PET bottles. Bionaphtha can be produced from the manufacturing process of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), among other things, and as SAF production is expected to increase, the importance of developing a bio-naphtha supply chain is also growing. Suntory Group aims to build a more robust mass production system for bio-based PET bottles in cooperation with stakeholders. In September 2023, Suntory Holdings announced its collaboration with Eneos Corporation for the collection of used cooking oil in Japan. Suntory Group is also considering taking advantage of this collaboration to make bio-based PET bottles using bio-naphtha domestically produced at Eneos Corporation’s SAF plant which plans to start its operations after 2027. www.suntory.com CREATING FUTURE STANDARDS Japan’s leading Aseptic PET Filling System Provider. Our website Our solution high quality reliable technology safe & secure
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