United Caps is teaming up with Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem to add bio-sourced plastic caps and closures from sugar cane to its product line. The company has been working on the project for several years but says it will be ready by next year. Bioethanol comes from sugar cane, which itself captures and fixes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, giving I'm green polyethylene a negative carbon footprint rating.
United Caps is teaming up with Brazilian petrochemical firm Braskem to add bio-sourced plastic caps and closures from sugar cane to its product line. United's bioplastic caps are made using I'm green polyethylene, which uses bioethanol as a feedstock rather than fossil-based alternatives. Bioethanol comes from sugar cane, which itself captures and fixes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, giving I'm green polyethylene a negative carbon footprint rating.