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Coca-Cola to eliminate green PET in North America

Published: August 2, 2022
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Sprite bottles in store.

North American consumers will no longer see Sprite in green PET bottles as The Coca-Cola Co. works to increase bottle-to-bottle recycling. | Adnan Zain Kautsar/Shutterstock

To make recycling its bottles easier, Coca-Cola announced it will switch all of its green PET to clear PET in coming months.

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Construction of Indorama PET plant resumes

Published: July 19, 2022
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Polyethylene pellet.

The upcoming Indorama facility will have an annual capacity of 1.1 million tons of PET and 1.3 million tons of PTA. | StanislauV/shutterstock

After a delay of several years, construction of a vertically integrated PET plant in Texas with an annual capacity of several million tons is slated to start up again in August.

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Driscoll’s (and its suppliers) propel thermoform recycling

Published: July 13, 2022
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Berry brand owner Driscoll’s has worked with its clamshell suppliers to boost the percentage of RPET derived from used thermoforms. | Courtesy of Driscoll’s

Clamshell containers used by berry brand Driscoll’s last year contained an average of 9% RPET sourced from used thermoforms.  Continue Reading

Keurig Dr Pepper achieves 11% PCR use

Published: June 29, 2022
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Keurig Dr Pepper’s recent sustainability report noted progress toward the company’s goal of 25% PCR use by 2025. | Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock

One of North America’s largest beverage brand owners greatly increased its use of recycled resins last year, mainly by rolling out 100% RPET bottles for specific brands.

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