For environmental protection, Sprite chooses transparency! Abandoning green bottles from September
Sprite is ditching its iconic green bottles this Septr in a bid to use plastic that's easier to recycle.
The drink's manufacturer，Coca-Cola，has announced that it will be switching to clear plastic Sprite bottles for the first time in nearly 60 years.
All of Sprite's bottles are currently 100 percent recyclable but it's more difficult to recycle a green bottle into a clear bottle through mechanical recyclingwhich is the most widespread recycling method. And it's not just the plastic bottles that are changing-glass Sprite bottles will also now also be clear.
But the changes to the glass bottles won't happen until next year.The cans will also have a new look in line with the new brand identitybut green is very much still part of the Sprite brand.Sprite bottles have been green for 58 years， since the drink first launched in 1961.The drinks manufacturer conirmed that it is not passing the cost of the new bottles onto supermarkets，so prices for shoppers should remain the same.
Bottle and can-sizes will also remain the same.Changing Sprite bottles isn't the only Coca-Cola initiative to reduce plastic waste though.The company also announced that all GLACéAU Smartwater bottles will be made from 100 percent recycled plastic by the end of the year.Coca-Cola says the changes will remove 3，100 tonnes of new plastic from circulation.
It adds that it is on track to double the amount of recycled plastic used in all other plastic bottles by early 2020.Sprite will also increase the amount of recycled plastic its bottles contain to 50 percent next year.Collectively these initiatives will make sure that more than 23，000 tonnes of new plastic will no longer be used by the business from 2020.
Jon Woods，General Manager of Coca-Cola Great Britain，says：“Using more recycled plastic is a critical element of our sustainable packaging strategy，as it reduces the amount of virgin material used in our packs. None of this is easy and I am proud of the teams'work to ensure we are on track to move to at least 50% recycled PET plastic on all of our bottles in 2020.”
In what Carlsberg describes as a world first，the Danish company will introduce a new“Snap Pack”where cans are bonded together with glue.It claims the new packaging will reduce plastic waste globally by more than 1，200 tons a year-the equivalent of 60 million plastic bags. This represents up to 76% reduction of the amount of plastic used in traditional multi-packs.
Plastic rings，which have been used on multipacks of canned drinks for decades，pose a risk to wildlife and have been heavily linked to increased ocean pollution.There have been growing calls to eliminate single-use plastics across the business world，with ocean plastic waste predicted to triple by 2050.
Not only Carlsberg，Starbucks has promised to do more in environmental protection. The giant coffee chain has promised to eliminate straws from all of its 28，000 stores worldwide. By 2020，it says that all iced coffee，espresso，and tea beverages will come with strawless lids，remodelled for easy sipping. This special lid is already available at more than 8，000 stores in Canada and the U.S. For thick blended beverages like the Frappuccino，paper or compostable straws will be distributed to any patrons who need them.
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