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- HotLeper, on 11/17/2009, -2/+25I have a feeling this would get more diggs if it said 30% bacon-based material.
- Trav1289, on 11/17/2009, -1/+15I bet you would get more diggs if your comment was 40% bacon-based material.
- PeachesTheCow, on 11/16/2009, -0/+7This is all well and good, but do we know much more about how this plastic byproduct was produced? Will Coke continue to make an effort to get this stuff recycled?
- uptwolait, on 11/17/2009, -0/+6Coca-Cola Rolls Out Plant-Based Recyclable Dead Server.
- EnTaroTassadar, on 11/17/2009, -0/+5The only thing Coca-Cola produces that's worth recycling is their aluminum cans. The plastic/glass bottles consume more resources to recycle than the cans, therefore being more harmful to the environment.
- Vanderkeif, on 11/17/2009, -0/+4They do all these other things but never even consider replacing sugar with high fructose corn syrup. This is why I drink Coca Cola made in Mexico. It is real sugar, and in a glass bottles, refrescante!
- hereticoftruth, on 11/17/2009, -0/+4Yeah! It tastes better too but the environmentalists are against it and would rather have us use plastic.
- AlaskanDad, on 11/17/2009, -0/+4Thick good old Glass Coke Bottle's again.... PLEASE!
- dig1x, on 11/17/2009, -1/+5This still isnt a good answer. The world needs a UN-backed Standard food-products containers.
All consumables should go into these recycleable/deposit-based containers. Coca-cola, Sprite, Pepsi, Gatorade etc etc etc shoudl go into these bottles, and get re-used.
***** waste generated by the marketing wishes of corporations are polluting the fcuk out of the planet. Enough already. - thavi, on 11/17/2009, -0/+3petroleum was plant based at one time too
- jman583, on 11/17/2009, -1/+3You mean like petroleum?
- lead2thehead, on 11/17/2009, -0/+2Considering the cost of oil, they may be more interested in saving money than saving the environment. But this is good news either way.
- Abatrour, on 11/17/2009, -0/+2Damn, you beat me to it.
And may I also add that it is better to reduce and reuse.
This man made his own island out of plastic bottles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvn9l1pJ3-A - christoast, on 11/17/2009, -0/+2Here, let me get you a coke.
*hands you a pineapple* - whiteknives, on 11/17/2009, -0/+2http://rorr.im
- Cyberdine, on 11/18/2009, -0/+2lol that was my first thought.
- neonhomer, on 11/17/2009, -0/+2If they really cared about the environment they'd go back to the old school reusable glass bottles. Reusing > recycling.
- Ajajadude, on 11/17/2009, -1/+3"According to the press release, PlantBottle packaging is currently made through a process that turns sugar cane and molasses, a by-product of sugar production, into a key component for PET plastic. The sugar cane being used comes from predominantly rain-fed crops that were processed into ethanol, not refined sugar. Ultimately, the Company’s goal is to use non-food, plant-based waste, such as wood chips or wheat stalks, to produce recyclable PET plastic bottles."
Read, fool, read! - PeachesTheCow, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1friggin' wordpress
- Paranor01, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1nope, 600ml
- nickaster, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Indeed. Doubly ironic since the bottle is coming from some kind of sugar-cane byproduct.
- fakepap23, on 11/17/2009, -1/+2i'm pretty certain they use the non edible by product of molasses production why would plastics need sugar?
- nickaster, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Actually, depends on transport. Glass bottles weight a lot, so burns a lot more gas to get them around. In an ideal world you'd carry your own bottle around and fill it with this stuff (coke, water, whatever) as you went along. If the container can be made to be less harmful, then that's a better solution. Certainly not perfect though!
- MEatRHIT, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Server is still up... just struggling. Also, why the hell is this in the pictures section?
- homercles337, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Is it a 64oz bottle?
- winguero, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1You've got a great point about upcycling, Peaches. The problem is still such a new and "innovative" idea, we're still really far off from large-scale adoption in my opinion.
- energyx, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1i like the first one. makes it look like a drug. which it is.
- merku, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Yeah because sand is so toxic and really rare.
- GuJu, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1page crashed...
- PeachesTheCow, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Right, that's true. But you can upcycle those bottles into other things like park-benches at a cost effective rate. Also, what really bugs me is the sheer volume of these bottles. Not that we need coke anyway, but the old soda fountain concept where they poured you a glass sure seems nice now.
- mrhaines, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1I should add: with local suppliers. Instead of shipping aluminum to china, then aluminum cans to the states, then aluminum cans fileld with coke to the consumer, why not create coca cola locally in small plants with re-usable bottles?
Guess there is a business reason as to why not or they wouldn't have made the switch they did in the first place. - blacklilyninja, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1fat but green
- 955701, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1I suspect they were probably required by some law to do this. Green is usually more expensive, so it's not like they could just let their stockholders foot the bill for the fun of it.
- SiliconRain, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Sorry, but I don't think this is "well and good" at all. Just because the PET is made from plant oils instead of oil from the ground doesn't make it any better for the environment. The PET is still the same polymer, which won't biodegrade, which is hard to recycle and which will probably end up in the sea like most plastic waste.
Worse still, we all know what a negative impact increased demand for plant-based materials can have. Remember all the deforestation and food shortages being caused by bio-ethanol production? Same problem here. In Madagascar, huge fractions of the forest have already been destroyed to grow plants for "environmentally friendly" packaging. It's a false economy. - spartan777, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Although Coca-Cola deserves to be commended for starting more sustainable practices, the people that really made this happen are all the famous and unnamed people who helped raise consciousness and made people aware of environmental issues. Ultimately, Coca-Cola corporation only cares about what is profitable, and making more enviro-friendly bottles is profitable only because of environmentalists, conservationists and others.
- mrcoderga, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Up to 30% plant materials in the new ones?
So what. The old ones already have "up to" 30% too.
Up to means any value from 0 to 29.9999
Lawyers know it, the copy was written with it in mind. - AlaskanDad, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1I think the stores did away with reusable glass bottles because of the hassle of storing the returned bottles, be they coke bottle or those great milk bottles we used to have.
- 5urr3al5am, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1this soda's gotta taste real good after sitting in these plant-based bottles for a few years in a warehouse
- hereticoftruth, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1OOPS! Alaskan dad is still there. I must have done something wrong. Responded to a thread.
- hereticoftruth, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Actually it is because it takes more energy to produce and reuse a reusable glass deposit bottle. This is just one example of the shortsightedness of environmentalists creating more problems than they solve.
- hereticoftruth, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Actually it is because it takes more energy to produce and reuse a reusable glass bottle. This is just one example of environmentalists creating more problems than they solve. A large proportion of the plastic in the Pacific Gyre you can thank environmentalists for. Glass doesn't float and isn't toxic to the environment.
- mrhaines, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Reduce Reuse Recycle
Coke should bring back Re-usable glass bottles and re-fill them like beer companies do. - hereticoftruth, on 11/17/2009, -0/+1Sorry, I was responding to a comment that got dug out of existence and was wondering where my comments went. The original comment basically was in favor of glass bottles.
- Slayer706, on 11/17/2009, -0/+0Straight from the rainforests...
- egenesis, on 11/17/2009, -0/+0Wow Coke has fibers now.Makes me Do Do!!
- Tornado54, on 11/17/2009, -4/+4Just what we need, more plant based products so that we can wipe out whatever little forests we have left and shoot up food prices.
- TrouserJazz, on 11/17/2009, -2/+2Yeah! I bet these bottles are made out of old-growth virgin rainforest orchids and organutan faces. Oh wait...
FTA: "... PlantBottle packaging is currently made through a process that turns sugar cane and molasses, a by-product of sugar production, into a key component for PET plastic. The sugar cane being used comes from predominantly rain-fed crops that were processed into ethanol, not refined sugar. Ultimately, the Company’s goal is to use non-food, plant-based waste, such as wood chips or wheat stalks, to produce recyclable PET plastic bottles."
Seriously, this is a good thing. Where Coke and McD's go, the rest will follow. Now if only they embraced the 'Reuse' ethos and introduced Coke Swappa-Crates... - Janv1er, on 11/17/2009, -1/+1Coca-Cola need to re-release their original bottle design.
http://tinyurl.com/yhvryfg - SONYDVDR, on 11/17/2009, -1/+1i just accidentally a whole bottle
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