Origin Materials Introduces World’s First CSD (Carbonated Soft Drink) PET Cap, the Lightest of its Kind Ever Produced Commercially
Origin Materials, a carbon negative materials company, introduces the world's lightest CSD PET cap, made with 100% PET and compatible with PCO 1881 neck finish, enhancing recycling circularity, lightweight packaging, and product shelf life. The innovative design allows for the use of virgin or recycled PET, bringing sustainability benefits to a wide range of products. The high-throughput production system will make PET caps available commercially in Q4 2024, addressing a $65 billion market.
Origin Materials introduces the world's lightest CSD PET cap, enhancing recycling circularity, lightweight packaging, and product shelf life.
The innovative design allows for the use of virgin or recycled PET, bringing sustainability benefits to a wide range of products.
The high-throughput production system will make PET caps available commercially in Q4 2024, addressing a $65 billion market.
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Origin’s sustainable PET caps and closures enhance recycling circularity, enable "mono-material” containers, lighter packaging, and improved product shelf life
Origin CSD 1881 PET caps running on a commercial bottling line (Photo: Business Wire)
“There are hundreds of different kinds of caps and closures in container packaging. But the PCO 1881 neck finish is considered a leading standard for carbonated soft drinks and is often used for other products such as juices or even still or sparkling water,” said John Bissell, Origin Co-Founder and Co-CEO. “Because of the ubiquity of bottles using the PCO 1881 finish, it’s an area where our
Bissell added: “Our innovation in the design and manufacturing of PET closures, including closures made with recycled PET, has enabled us to pursue solutions previously thought to be impossible, and an 1881 compatible CSD PET cap is certainly one of them. Now that we have unlocked the use of PET and rPET for use in food, beverage, and home goods closures, we can bring the benefits to a range of products – benefits like improving recycling, extending product shelf life, using less plastic through light-weighting, decreasing manufacturing waste during the bottling process, and expanding the use of recycled material.”
Origin’s 1881 closure offers a superior-performance lightweight design. Since PET (polyethylene terephthalate) offers improved mechanical properties compared with common cap materials like HDPE (high-density polyethylene) and PP (polypropylene), less plastic is needed to achieve better performance with Origin’s design. Origin’s design includes tamper evidence with a particularly satisfying user experience, from its feel to the sound it makes when opened.
“Our caps and closures platform enables mono material solutions – just one material, PET, the most recycled plastic – from cap to bottom for a wide range of product types,” continued Bissell. “Until now, PET was ubiquitous in packaging, except for the caps and closures. We are changing that, by enabling the production of closures with any kind of PET material, whether it’s virgin PET, recycled PET, or bio-based PET.”
“We look forward to showing our PET caps alongside our partners in their booths this week at the NPE2024 conference in
Origin’s first-of-its-kind, high-throughput production system will make the world’s first PET caps and closures at commercial scale, available beginning in Q4 2024. The solution is a transformative leap forward in packaging, improving recyclability, enabling light-weighting, and extending product shelf-life while addressing a greater than
To learn more about Origin’s PET caps and closures, visit our website or contact commercialorder@originmaterials.com.
About Origin Materials
Origin is the world's leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials. Our innovative technologies include all-PET caps and closures that bring recycling circularity and enhanced performance to a
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