Nestle’s PET Bottle Halves Plastic Use by 60%

Nestle Waters North America has launched a polyethylene terephthalate bottle that reduces plastic use by nearly 60%, the company said.

Nestle’s Eco-Shape bottle contains 60% less plastic than its original pre-Eco-Shape half-litre PET bottle, introduced in the mid-1990s.

The introduction of the bottle is expected to help Nestle achieve its goal to reduce plastic use for its half-litre, single-serve bottles by an additional 15% by 2010.

The company’s first-generation Eco-Shape bottle reduced Nestle Waters’ carbon emission equivalents by nearly 356,000t since its launch in April 2007.

According to the company, it has reduced the use of plastic resin by 80 million pounds annually.

The company is developing a bottle made entirely from recycled materials or renewable resources, which will be available by 2020.