Coca-Cola Unveils Plant-Based Plastic Bottle

As thoroughly addicted passionate consumers of aspartame-laden Diet Coke, we were surprised to learn that sugarcane and molasses may soon be showing up in our beverage of choice—in the bottle, that is. Later this year, the Coca-Cola Company will begin piloting the “PlantBottle,” a new plastic container that makes petroleum-based PET (polyethylene terephthalate, if you want to get technical) plastic bottles look like that ozone-destroying hairspray now available only in Mexico’s more remote mini-marts.