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Sweet Idea: Coke Uses Sugar Cane for Bottles

By David KnowlesJan 25th 2010 – 5:41PM
Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

(Jan. 25) – Coca-Cola is going greener. The world's biggest seller of beverages has begun using a new bottle partially made from a plant-based material that, unlike petroleum-based plastic, is biodegradable. The new bottles for Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Light, and Coke Zero still contain only 30 percent sugar cane-based...

Bottled Water Business Is on the Decline

By Dana ChivvisDec 18th 2009 – 7:52PM
AP

AP

(Dec. 18) – After nearly two weeks of disappointments in Copenhagen, environmentalists can celebrate one small piece of news today: Bottled water sales are down and are expected to continue to fall next year, according to the Beverage Marketing Corp. The $11 billion bottled-water industry saw nothing but growth for...

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