Posted on 07/28/2022 12:09:49 PM PDT by John W
Sprite is retiring its green plastic bottles after more than 60 years.
Coca-Cola said Wednesday it's changing the packaging from green to clear plastic beginning August 1 as part of broader efforts to become more environmentally responsible. Sprite's current plastic contains green polyethylene terephthalate (PET), an additive that can't be recycled into new bottles, a key initiative for the company as it looks to reduce plastic waste.
"Taking colors out of bottles improves the quality of the recycled material," Julian Ochoa, CEO of R3CYCLE, a plastic group helping Coca-Cola improve its recycling, said in a statement. "When recycled, clear PET Sprite bottles can be remade into bottles, helping drive a circular economy for plastic."
Other beverages that use green bottles in Coke's portfolio, including Fresca, Seagram's and Mello Yello, will also be replaced with clear containers in the coming months.
Coca-Cola reported higher-than-expected second-quarter earnings Tuesday, citing strong demand, and lifted its revenue forecast for the full year.
The company also Wednesday announced a majority of Dasani bottles in the US and Canada will now be sold in 100% recycled plastic. Coke said this innovation is projected to reduce roughly 20 million pounds of new plastic waste compared to 2019.
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So let me get this straight, Sprite is ending its green
bottling, in the interest of going green?
Recycling is the biggest scam going.
This would be the best solution!
I only drink certain sodas anyway.
The kind that are not harsh on the stomach lining. My choices are mostly either Canada Dry Ginger Ale or Squirt.
If they want to add green food coloring to it, fine. Just don’t change the flavor or fizzy quality.
Poor kids today never had a real Vernors either. Or know what a cantaloupe tastes like. They were pretty good, lol.
Wow, how cutting edge lol
We’re saved!
No you’re not thinking, you’re on drugs!
Another “New Coke” idea.
So, going Green is bad??
“Why can’t they just make Sprite green?”
Creative. I like it.
If they cared even an ounce about societal wellbeing, they wouldn’t sell sugary poison at all.
Mtn Dew is still in green bottles..mebbe to hide the fact it is urine colored.
Really? I've seen some documentaries on recycling plastics and paper products, always with a skeptical eye. My own Waste Management company has busted me for putting plastics in the green barrel.
Good God kill your self.
No residential recycling by the trash companies around here, fortunately. Everyone just gets a single bin. I suppose if one wanted to recycle, one could take the stuff into the city somewhere, but I doubt that anybody does that.
As I’ve said before, if recycling made economic sense, I’d be getting paid for my trash.
Vernors, my hands down favorite as a kid. And the small bottles of Welch’s grape juice concentrate.
Why is that? Gross.
Didn’t Coke want all people of the planet to mask up? The libs don’t mention where all the masks end up. Never mentioned. Hypocrites.
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