In 2009, Coca-Cola Company launched PlantBottle, the world’s first fully recyclable PET plastic bottle made partially from plants. By replacing up to 30% of the petroleum used to make PET plastic bottles with material from sugar cane and other plant matter, PlantBottle avoided the CO2 emissions equivalent of taking nearly 1 million vehicles off the road since then, the company says.

Now Coca-Cola has reached yet another stage –  through two new technologies that will let it make its bottles entirety from plant-based plastic. And, as it did with PlantBottle, it is offering to share this ‘second-generation’ technology with others, including its competitors.