Origin Materials, Inc. announced it has created "all PET" (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle caps, making "100% recycled PET" possible from cap to bottle to improve post-consumer recycling. Origin's PET caps are more sustainable than common alternatives because they may be produced with any type of PET, from recycled PET to Origin's 100% bio-based, carbon-negative virgin PET. PET offers better oxygen and CO2 barrier than HDPE and PP, common cap materials.

The company?s patent-pending, cost-competitive design and manufacturing innovation aids in producing ?mono-material? products. These are composed of only a single type of material, are typically easier to recycle than products made from multiple materials, and are highly sought-after for consumer packaged goods to improve recycling.

Cap tethering mandates, designed to incentivize the recoverability and recyclability of bottles, could further increase the demand for Origin?s innovative caps and closures. Tethering mandates require that caps remain firmly attached to bottles after opening and during the product's life cycle, with the aim of reducing plastic litter on beaches and in the ocean. While traditional caps must be separated from PET bottles during recycling, Origin?s PET caps would not need to be separated from their tethered containers and could thus be recycled simply and easily.