Coca-Cola’s Corporate Responsibility Initiatives Continue with Clear Sprite Bottles

Coca-Cola is retiring Sprite’s green plastic bottle and replacing it with a clear plastic alternative. The company is changing the packaging from green to clear plastic beginning August 1 as part of broader efforts to become more environmentally responsible. Sprite's current plastic cannot be recycled into new bottles, a key initiative for the company as it looks to reduce plastic waste. "Taking colors out of bottles improves the quality of the recycled material," Julian Ochoa, CEO of R3CYCLE, a plastic group helping....