摘要：今年9月，雪碧將放棄其標(biāo)志性的綠色瓶子，轉(zhuǎn)而使用更容易回收的透明塑料包裝。該飲料的制造商可口可樂宣布，將在近60年來首次改用透明塑料雪碧瓶。雪碧所有的瓶子目前都是100%可回收的，但通過機(jī)械回收——這是最普遍的回收方法——將一個(gè)綠色的瓶子回...
今年9月，雪碧將放棄其標(biāo)志性的綠色瓶子，轉(zhuǎn)而使用更容易回收的透明塑料包裝。該飲料的制造商可口可樂宣布，將在近60年來首次改用透明塑料雪碧瓶。
雪碧所有的瓶子目前都是100%可回收的，但通過機(jī)械回收——這是最普遍的回收方法——將一個(gè)綠色的瓶子回收成一個(gè)透明的瓶子更加困難。
不僅僅是塑料瓶在改變——玻璃雪碧瓶也將變得透明。但是玻璃瓶的改變要到明年才會(huì)發(fā)生。罐裝雪碧也將有一個(gè)新的外觀與新的品牌標(biāo)志——但綠色仍然是雪碧品牌的一部分。
自1961年雪碧首次推出以來，58年來雪碧瓶一直是綠色的。這家飲料制造商證實(shí)，它不會(huì)將新瓶裝飲料的成本轉(zhuǎn)嫁給超市，因此消費(fèi)者的價(jià)格應(yīng)該保持不變，而且瓶子和罐子的尺寸也將保持不變。
不過，更換雪碧瓶子并不是可口可樂減少塑料垃圾的唯一舉措。該公司還宣布，到今年年底，可口可樂旗下的功能飲料酷樂仕(GLACEAU)所有的智能水瓶都將100%由回收塑料制成。可口可樂公司表示，這一改變將減少3100噸新塑料流通。
該公司補(bǔ)充稱，到2020年初，所有其他塑料瓶使用的可回收塑料的數(shù)量將翻一番。雪碧還將在明年將其瓶子中回收塑料的比例提高至50%。這些舉措將確保從2020年起，該行業(yè)將不再使用逾2.3萬噸的新塑料。
可口可樂英國(guó)分公司總經(jīng)理喬恩·伍茲表示：“使用更多可回收塑料是我們可持續(xù)包裝戰(zhàn)略的一個(gè)關(guān)鍵因素，因?yàn)樗鼫p少了我們包裝中使用的原始材料的數(shù)量。這一切都不容易，我為團(tuán)隊(duì)所做的工作感到驕傲，這一舉措將確保我們?cè)?020年將所有包裝瓶上的PET塑料至少回收50%。”
近年來，大牌公司紛紛“出手限塑”。去年十月，嘉士伯公布計(jì)劃采用新技術(shù)代替?zhèn)鹘y(tǒng)多罐裝產(chǎn)品所使用的塑料拉環(huán)。嘉士伯表示這是全球首先應(yīng)用的一個(gè)創(chuàng)新。這家總部位于丹麥的公司將推出一種名為“SNAP PACK”的新技術(shù)，用類似于“口香糖”的膠質(zhì)材料把啤酒罐粘連在一起。該公司表示應(yīng)用新包裝技術(shù)后，他們?cè)谌蚍秶鷥?nèi)每年可以減少塑料的浪費(fèi)超過1200噸，相當(dāng)于減少使用6000萬個(gè)塑料袋。相比傳統(tǒng)的多罐裝塑料拉環(huán)，新包裝等于減少了高達(dá)76%的塑料使用。
減少塑料使用方面，星巴克也在發(fā)力。同樣在去年，這家大型咖啡連鎖企業(yè)承諾，將在全球2.8萬家門店中清除吸管。該公司表示，到2020年，所有冰咖啡、濃縮咖啡和茶飲料都將配上重新設(shè)計(jì)、便于飲用的蓋子。換句話說，顧客將不再需要使用吸管。目前，這種重新設(shè)計(jì)過的杯蓋已經(jīng)在加拿大和美國(guó)的8000多家門店開始使用。
Sprite is ditching its iconic green bottles for the sake of environment protection
Sprite is ditching its iconic green bottles this September in a bid to use plastic that’s easier to recycle.
The drink’s manufacturer，Coca-Cola，has announced that it will be switching to clear plastic Sprite bottles for the first time in nearly 60 years.
All of Sprite’s bottles are currently 100 percent recyclable but it’s more difficult to recycle a green bottle into a clear bottle through mechanical recycling–which is the most widespread recycling method. And it’s not just the plastic bottles that are changing-glass Sprite bottles will also now also be clear.
But the changes to the glass bottles won’t happen until next year.The cans will also have a new look in line with the new brand identity–but green is very much still part of the Sprite brand.Sprite bottles have been green for 58 years， since the drink first launched in 1961.The drinks manufacturer conirmed that it is not passing the cost of the new bottles onto supermarkets，so prices for shoppers should remain the same.
Bottle and can-sizes will also remain the same.Changing Sprite bottles isn’t the only Coca-Cola initiative to reduce plastic waste though.The company also announced that all GLACéAU Smartwater bottles will be made from 100 percent recycled plastic by the end of the year.Coca-Cola says the changes will remove 3，100 tonnes of new plastic from circulation.
It adds that it is on track to double the amount of recycled plastic used in all other plastic bottles by early 2020.Sprite will also increase the amount of recycled plastic its bottles contain to 50 percent next year.Collectively these initiatives will make sure that more than 23，000 tonnes of new plastic will no longer be used by the business from 2020.
Jon Woods，General Manager of Coca-Cola Great Britain，says：“Using more recycled plastic is a critical element of our sustainable packaging strategy，as it reduces the amount of virgin material used in our packs. None of this is easy and I am proud of the teams’work to ensure we are on track to move to at least 50% recycled PET plastic on all of our bottles in 2020.”
In what Carlsberg describes as a world first，the Danish company will introduce a new“Snap Pack”where cans are bonded together with glue.It claims the new packaging will reduce plastic waste globally by more than 1，200 tons a year-the equivalent of 60 million plastic bags. This represents up to 76% reduction of the amount of plastic used in traditional multi-packs.
Plastic rings，which have been used on multipacks of canned drinks for decades，pose a risk to wildlife and have been heavily linked to increased ocean pollution.There have been growing calls to eliminate single-use plastics across the business world，with ocean plastic waste predicted to triple by 2050.
Not only Carlsberg，Starbucks has promised to do more in environmental protection.The giant coffee chain has promised to eliminate straws from all of its 28，000 stores worldwide. By 2020，it says that all iced coffee，espresso，and tea beverages will come with strawless lids，remodelled for easy sipping. This special lid is already available at more than 8，000 stores in Canada and the U.S. For thick blended beverages like the Frappuccino，paper or compostable straws will be distributed to any patrons who need them.
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