Forestry, Paper & Packaging · Recorded milestone
PET plastic drinks bottle
Recorded year1973
DuPont engineer Nathaniel Wyeth patents a blow-moulded PET bottle strong enough to hold fizzy drinks, which goes on to replace much glass.
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.