Pepsi to use Less Plastic in Bottles
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Plastic bottles are already recyclable (#2 type). Now companies are looking at the amount of plastic per bottle.
Now Pepsico (owner of Pepsi Cola) has announced that they are " ... introducing its lightest 500mL flavored non-carbonated beverage bottle yet. ... has reduced the plastic in this bottle by 20%, which will eliminate approximately 20 million pounds of waste ... The lighter bottles will begin hitting store shelves this month."
" ... In addition to a 20% reduction in the plastic resin, there will be a 10% reduction in the label size and a 5% reduction in the shrink wrap film used to wrap the multi-packs."
“ ... challenge was to deliver significantly lighter packaging that would provide the same shelf life as the heavier bottle, withstand the manufacturing and distribution process yet not compromise aesthetics,” ..."
Via: Pepsico.com Link
See our post on Poland Spring for another company making a similar move to reduce packaging.
Via: Greentechnolog Link:
Comments
Well the French add a build in support to twist the bottle so it needs less space in the garbage collection vehicle...
If you can't avoid to use those plastic bottle, step on them driving out the air and then close them again so they need less space when transported or dumped.
Posted by: Gfried | May 7, 2008 11:11 AM