“Coke already knows that real solutions look like reusable glass bottles in scalable reuse systems. Coca-Cola needs to urgently and dramatically reduce its use of plastic — full stop,” she said.

SULLIVAN: The bottles were once glass. But by the early 1990s, the single-use green plastic bottle was ubiquitous for Sprite and a few other Coke products like Mello Yello and Fresca.

For more than 60 years, the soft drink Sprite has come packaged in iconic green bottles. Now, that era has come to an end. Starting Aug. 1, the Coca-Cola Co., which produces Sprite, will package ...

That forced its iconic packaging to be changed from green to clear. Coca-Cola estimates that the new bottles will reduce 83 million pounds of plastic used in its US supply change, the equivalent ...

These bottles had straight edges and were typically clear or brown. ... Not long after the larger glass bottles were introduced, Coca-Cola introduced the first drink cans in 1960.

A SCIENTIST has finally revealed why Coke tastes so good from a glass bottle compared to plastic and cans. But Coke from a McDonald’s is even better despite coming from paper cups because of … ...

Coca-Cola estimates that the new bottles will reduce 83 million pounds of plastic used in its U.S. supply change, the equivalent of two billion bottles, Ritter said, calling the changes "significant." ...