Coca Cola Testing Paper Bottles To Save Environment From Plastic Pollution
The bottle is not yet complete. Even though the outer layer is made of paper, the inside of the bottle still has a plastic layer to prevent it from damaging the paper. Additionally, even the capping area and the cap itself is made from plastic.
Coca Cola has been one of the largest contributors to plastic waste in the world. It was even ranked number one as a plastic polluter by the charity ¡®Break Free From Plastic¡¯.
However, it looks like now the massive beverage maker wants to do something about this.
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Coca Cola has announced that will be replacing its plastic bottles with paper ones. They have teamed up with partner Paboco to look for alternatives involving paper and creating a bottle using it.
Stijn Franssen, EMEA R&D Packaging Innovation Manager at Coca?Cola, explained, "Our vision is to create a paper bottle that can be recycled like any other type of paper, and this prototype is the first step on the way to achieving this. A paper bottle opens up a whole new world of packaging possibilities, and we are convinced that paper packaging has a role to play in the future.¡±
The paper bottle is not yet complete. Even though the outer layer is made of paper, the inside of the bottle still has a plastic layer to prevent it from damaging the paper. Additionally, even the capping area and the cap itself is made from plastic.
Stijn added, "This first-generation paper bottle prototype still consists of a paper shell with a plastic closure and a plastic liner inside. The plastic we use is made from 100% recycled plastic that can be recycled again after use. But our vision is to create a paper bottle that can be recycled like any paper. The next step is to find a solution to create a bottle without a plastic liner.¡±
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These are a part of the company¡¯s initiative where it plans to collect and recycle every plastic bottle or cans sold by the year 2030. This initiative also brings a change in the way existing products are manufactured, resulting in a massive reduction in the use of virgin packaging materials (new plastic) and instead use materials that are 100 percent recyclable.
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