and recycling of plastic costs more money than buying virgin plastic. there s not enough food grade quality plastics coming back. you need it to be good quality and clean. recycled plastic that can be used for food and drink packaging is now a sought after global commodity. in 2020, it was double the price of virgin plastic. like all soft drinks and plastic producers, coke are competing to secure a supply. so for now, nearly 90% of the plastic in coke s bottles is virgin plastic, and that has an impact on their carbon emissions. studies show recycled plastic produces 80% less carbon dioxide. the plastic issue and climate change, they re intimately linked. when we re making virgin plastic, we re
and recycling of plastic costs more money than buying virgin plastic. there s not enough food grade quality plastics coming back. you need it to be good quality and clean. recycled plastic that can be used for food and drink packaging is now a sought after global commodity. in 2020, it was double the price of virgin plastic. like all soft drinks and plastic producers, coke are competing to secure a supply. so for now, nearly 90% of the plastic in coke s bottles is virgin plastic, and that has an impact on their carbon emissions. studies show recycled plastic produces 80% less carbon dioxide. the plastic issue and climate change, they re intimately linked. when we re making virgin plastic, we re using fossilfuels.