Made from plant- and fossil-based polymers, Tipa’s products decompose within a few months. “I think that in 10 years from now, only the plastic that adapts to the changing market will survive.
The juice is extracted from the cactus, mixed with plant-based additives, rolled flat and dried.
Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn plastic waste into valuable chemicals by using sunlight.
But Coca-Cola’s launch of a range of cans for sparkling water in the United States is not part of a broader shift, said CEO James Quincey during an interview in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos.
