Pepsi to use Less Plastic in Bottles
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Plastic bottles are already recyclable (#2 type). Now companies are looking at the amount of plastic per bottle.
Now Pepsico (owner of Pepsi Cola) has announced that they are " ... introducing its lightest 500mL flavored non-carbonated beverage bottle yet. ... has reduced the plastic in this bottle by 20%, which will eliminate approximately 20 million pounds of waste ... The lighter bottles will begin hitting store shelves this month."
" ... In addition to a 20% reduction in the plastic resin, there will be a 10% reduction in the label size and a 5% reduction in the shrink wrap film used to wrap the multi-packs."
“ ... challenge was to deliver significantly lighter packaging that would provide the same shelf life as the heavier bottle, withstand the manufacturing and distribution process yet not compromise aesthetics,” ..."
Via: Pepsico.com Link
See our post on Poland Spring for another company making a similar move to reduce packaging.
Via: Greentechnolog Link:
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