Other beverage containers at home and abroad use 25 percent recycled content. The investment funds note that 10 states with bottle bills already achieve an 80 percent recycling rate. Growing reliance on single-serving throwaway packaging is the biggest problem, particularly plastic bottles. Bottle and can litter is a growing problem of special concern to Georgia environmentalist Bob Woodall. One-way, disposable containers used by PepsiCo are thrown on the streets of metro Atlanta, in parks, along highways, and on farmland and beaches.
Litter is one of the primary reasons for the passage of most bottle bill laws.
Whatever the final vote tally at today's shareholder meeting, we consider the debate a step forward. During the last 4 years, the GrassRoots Recycling Network led a campaign targeting Coca-Cola's bottle waste. Coke is finally starting to address the issue. All Rights Reserved.