Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned on June 19 that from September this year, Coca Cola's 58 year old beverage sprite will replace all its iconic green bottles with more recyclable transparent plastic bottles.
According to foreign media reports, since September this year, Coca Cola's 58 year old beverage sprite will replace all its iconic green bottles with transparent plastic bottles that are easier to recycle, because the process of mechanically recycling green bottles into transparent bottles is really difficult.
BYD reporter learned that sprite did not transfer the cost of new bottles to supermarkets, so the price remained unchanged for consumers.
Statistics show that Coca Cola first launched sprite beverage in 1961, and its green bottle packaging has a history of 58 years. At present, sprite is the world's largest lemonade beverage brand, sold in more than 190 countries around the world, and the third largest soft drink brand in the world.
At present, all sprite bottles are 100% recyclable, but the process of mechanically recycling green bottles into transparent bottles is difficult. Coca Cola decided to use transparent plastic bottles instead. In addition, Coca Cola promises to use 50% renewable plastics in sprite plastic bottles in early 2020.
(originally entitled "due to recycling difficulties, sprite's iconic green bottle will be replaced with full transparency")