Tetra Pak to Add Bioplastic Caps in 2011

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Tetra Pak will begin using bioplastic caps and closures in 2011. The company has made an agreement with Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem SA to purchase high-density polyethylene (HDPE, a commonly-recycled plastic identified by the number 2 resin code) derived from sugar cane.

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Laura L. Barnes is a librarian at the Prairie Research Institute Library, embedded at the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, and writes for Environmental News Bits.
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