"Coca-Cola fully made the switch from green to clear for all of its Sprite products in Canada and the U.S. in August 2022. By the end of that year, they had moved to clear bottles in 117 different markets and encouraged customers to refill bottles."
"Clear plastic can be repeatedly recycled into almost anything, including more bottles. This creates a circular lifecycle for plastics, allowing repeated use more efficiently."
Sprite began phasing out green plastic bottles in 2022, replacing them with clear bottles for consistency and environmental reasons. Coca-Cola previously sourced only 7% of its plastic from recycled material. Colored plastic is harder to recycle, while clear plastic can be reused efficiently. The switch to clear bottles started in 2019 and was fully implemented in Canada and the U.S. by August 2022. The initiative included a push for recycling, with larger 'recycle me' labels on Sprite products.
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