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September 27, 2012

Coca-Cola has inked a partnership with JBF Industries to further expand production of the plant-based material used in Coca-Cola's PlantBottle packaging.

ATLANTA — Coca-Cola has inked a partnership with JBF Industries to further expand production of the plant-based material used in Coca-Cola's PlantBottle packaging.

Coca-Cola said the supply partnership will help the company continue its leadership in bringing renewable, lower-carbon plastics to the marketplace and move the company closer to its target of using PlantBottle packaging technology in all of its plastic bottles by 2020.

April 4, 2011

Coca-Cola's 100% recyclable beverage packages have premiered on store shelves.

ATLANTA — Coca-Cola's 100% recyclable beverage packages have premiered on store shelves.

The company's Dasani and Odwalla brands' single-serving bottles now will feature PlantBottle packaging, which is touted as the first-ever fully recyclable plastic beverage bottle produced using plants.

Coca-Cola said that in 2010, more than 2.5 billion PlantBottle packages were available across nine countries. For 2011, that number is expected to double to more than 5 billion PlantBottle packages in more than 15 countries.