Name: Bottle Up: Bringing reusable bioplastics to the European beverage sector
Uploaded: 2024-02-07T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 6 min 57 s
Description: We speak to Bart Willems, the co-founder of Dutch company Bottle Up, which uses sugarcane-based bioplastics to create reusable water bottles. We discuss cost competitiveness with fossil-based materials and how policy changes could aid the transition toward bio-based and reusable packaging.

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Bottle Up: Bringing reusable bioplastics to the European beverage sector

07 Feb 2024 | Bottle Up

We speak to Bart Willems, the co-founder of Dutch company Bottle Up, which uses sugarcane-based bioplastics to create reusable water bottles. We discuss cost competitiveness with fossil-based materials and how policy changes could aid the transition toward bio-based and reusable packaging.

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