Topic summary
Bio-PET
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Polyethylene terephthalate.
Bio-PET
Bio-PET is the bio-based counterpart of PET. Essentially, in Bio-PET, the MEG is manufactured from ethylene derived from sugar cane ethanol. A better process based on oxidation of ethanol has been proposed, and it is also technically possible to make PTA from readily available bio-based furfural.