Pepsi Will Soon Make All Bottles from Plants
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It gives me hope for the future when big companies are seriously researching stuff like this.
However we still need to develop better recycling programs & coverage and have stricter recycling enforcement. I still know tons of people who don't recycle and it infuriates me.
However we still need to develop better recycling programs & coverage and have stricter recycling enforcement. I still know tons of people who don't recycle and it infuriates me.
Let me know when they start making bottles out of bacon. Then I'll be impressed. Possibly disgusted, but very impressed.
If this is true and they replant after they use the plants in the bottles then they are one the way to a sustainable company which really most businesses should be aiming for in the next few years. At least if they want to survive and not get butt fucked by price increases
What? If current plastic bottles aren't already recyclable, what are they doing with them when I return them to the store for my deposit or leaving them in a big red bin outside my home every week for the state recycling program to collect?
Regardless of that though, it's good that they found a way to make bottles out of something that's more renewable than petroleum, so major kudos to PepsiCo for that one.
Also, Pepsi has always been and always will be way better than Coca-Cola.
Regardless of that though, it's good that they found a way to make bottles out of something that's more renewable than petroleum, so major kudos to PepsiCo for that one.
Also, Pepsi has always been and always will be way better than Coca-Cola.
It's nice to see a big business dedicate itself to a more environment friendly approach, although I'm sure they are going to be making a little extra on the side because of it.
I support this. I'm conservative, but I still am in favour of phasing out petroleum. I'm not going to spout some dogma like claiming it's a drug or addiction, but it really is a lot of trouble, and it's going to run out eventually. If this ensures that it stretches just that little bit longer until we can find some kind of alternative that won't have us bending over for OPEC or fucking up the atmosphere then I'm down.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eaKbvlcIK10/TKJTIdP7NcI/AAAAAAAAJd8/pa4PtOjlyFc/s400/headdesk+%28net%29.jpgGreg Tito said:
So basically, they've just found a way to reduce their own company's dependence on oil. While I'm all for finding alternate methods of production, it would help quite a bit if their bottles weren't still being used to fill landfills.
COCA-COLA AMATIL, the company that ships Coke to us Australians, has tried doing that over here. They haven't really done very well. Actually, they make Coke taste horrible.
This is an old tech been around for years, costs more than oil based plastics thats why we have not seen it much. I got a shampoo that is 100% plant material. this and other articals makes it sound like Pepsi invented this. As for the old oils is going to run out, I guess that is why there is no more gold or silver or copper or steel in the world people do not be silly it will be around longer than you or I or your children and their children.
Same way as every other plastic recycling. Seriously, the article implies that the new bottles are identical to the old ones.thethingthatlurks said:
(Maybe that's the writer being slightly misleading.)
But in any event, everywhere I've ever lived, soda bottles have been recyclable, and have been collected.
Unless this new type of plastic has radically different properties to existing plastic bottles, I can't see why it wouldn't be.
Article says they're using plant waste from plants already used for something else. (orange peels were mentioned, amongst other things.)The Rockerfly said: