潜水简介:
- Coca-Cola isswitching Sprite bottles from green to clearPET plastic in North America, which the company said will increase their likelihood of being recycled into new beverage bottles. The transition will begin in August. Other brands packaged in green plastic bottles — including弗雷斯卡，梅洛YelloSeagram的姜啤酒 - 将在未来几个月内转移到清除塑料。
- The company is also transitioning a majority of Dasani water bottles in North America to 100% recycled PET (rPET) plastic. Coca-Cola said the shift would save over 20 million pounds of virgin plastic compared to 2019, and cut more than 25,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023.
- As Coca-Cola and other beverage makers work to create a循环塑料包装经济, in which all materials are reused or composted, they are seeking ways to boost availability of food-grade rPET.
潜水见解：
饮料公司正在努力实现其可持续包装目标，这是一个简单的事实阻碍not currently enough recycled plasticin circulation to create new bottles.
可口可乐在宣布新瓶子的新闻稿中说，从绿色塑料过渡的转变旨在增加可用于食品包装的再生塑料量。该公司表示，绿色和其他彩色塑料通常会被重新制作成单使用的物品，例如服装和地毯，这些物品无法回收到新的宠物瓶中。
As part of this effort, Coca-Cola Consolidated, the largest U.S. bottler for the beverage company, is working with plastic processing company R3cycle to implement bottle-to-bottle recycling in its 14-state territory.
“Taking colors out of bottles improves the quality of the recycled material,” R3cycle CEO Julian Ochoa said in a statement. “This transition will help increase availability of food-grade rPET. When recycled, clear PET Sprite bottles can be remade into bottles, helping drive a circular economy for plastic.”
The new clear Sprite bottle will also feature a revamped logo, packaging design and “Recycle Me” messaging.
Chris Vallette, senior vice president of technical innovation and stewardship for Coca-Cola, said the beverage giant is working to combat the rPET supply issue by building a pipeline of high-quality plastic. To do so, it is working with partners and communities to increase recycling among consumers, and securing enough rPET to be reused for its bottles, he said.
The two sustainable packaging shifts for Sprite and Dasani will help this effort. “Sprite’s move to clear will help us introduce more 100% rPET bottles like Dasani is launching and keep more bottles in the circular economy,” Vallette said. Coca-Cola aims to make100% of its packaging recyclable by 2025。
其他饮料公司还投资用于增加RPET的供应。上周，百事可乐宣布发行第二个绿色债券支持其PEP+可持续性议程。百事可乐，世界上最大的食品宠物用户之一，目的s to use 50% recycled plasticin its packaging by 2030. It said the 10-year, $1.25 billion bond will help fund the use of recycled materials, enhance recycling infrastructure and boost recycling rates. PepsiCo hadspent about $375 million它的first green bondon plastics and packaging, mainly through purchases of rPET in North America and Europe.
