Beginning today, Coca-Cola Co.'s Dasani bottled water will be sold nationwide in PlantBottles, which are made from 30 percent plant-based material. In addition, single-serve bottles for Odwalla juice and smoothies will contain up to 100 percent plant-based materials.
PlantBottle packaging is made using sugarcane ethanol from Brazil, and can be recycled. In 2010, more than 2.5 billion PlantBottle packages -- including Dasani bottles with green caps -- were available in nine countries. This year, that number is expected to double to more than 5 billion packages in more than 15 countries.
"It's our goal to make traditional plastic bottles a thing of the past and ensure that every beverage we produce is available in 100 percent plant-based, fully recyclable packaging," said Scott Vitters, general manager of the PlantBottle packaging platform at Coca-Cola.
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