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#2 Water bottle brand contracts 350 million pounds of bioplastic

In California, material innovation firm Cove has signed a contract with RWDC Industries for 350 million lbs of polyhydroxyalkanoates, a bioplastic Cove plans to convert into biodegradable water bottles.

Athens, Georgia-based RWDC uses food waste and post-consumer or used cooking oils to produce PHA, which it has trade-named Solon. The contract runs over a five-year period, during with Cove plans on making “hundreds of millions” of bottes.

“We are thrilled to be working with the Cove team to make PHA-based water bottles a reality. In a world where over one million plastic bottles are purchased per minute, our collaboration is an important step toward providing materials that enable healthier options for people and the environment,” says Daniel Carraway, co-founder and CEO of RWDC.

Cove, which boasts notable investors such as Valor Equity, Marc Benioff, James Murdoch, Tony Robbins and Peter Rahal, aims to launch its water bottles later this year.

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