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From ocean to bloodstream: The reality about plastic

Two garbage trucks of plastic hit the ocean every minute. Microplastics are in your brain. Recycling doesn’t work. What the ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Plastic Bottles and Balloons Getting the Boot in Santa Barbara?

Certain single-use plastics may soon be banned in the City of Santa Barbara. Items include small plastic water bottles, Mylar balloons, plastic confetti, and other disposables that harm the ...
Yahoo

The Reason Coca-Cola Changed From Glass To Plastic Bottles

Coca-Cola is among the globe's most well-known brands, a status achieved by not only the drink itself, but packaging, too. First bottled in 1899, the soda's distinct look formed over decades of ...
BevIndustry

Plastic bottle manufacturers address energy reductions, lightweighting

In the 1980 song “Lookin’ for Love” by Johnny Lee, the singer harmonizes about looking for love in all the wrong places only to find a friend and lover. In the beverage market, manufacturers aren’t on ...
New Atlas

Clever plastic-free water bottle folds flat when you're done drinking

I love travel and EDC gear that's designed to take up as little room as possible. The Elio water bottle is a great example of that: it can hold 25.4 fl oz (about 750 ml) when expanded, and compress ...
Women's Health

Plastic bottles could expose you to 90,000 more microplastics a year – here’s how to avoid them

Most of us don't think twice when we reach for a plastic water bottle at the airport or on a hot summer day. But new research suggests you’re not just drinking water when you take a big glug from ...
Women's Health

Drinking From Plastic Bottles May Expose You To 90,000 More Microplastics A Year. Here's What To Do Instead

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? Most of us don't think twice when we reach for a plastic water bottle at the ...
AOL

Plastic Water Bottles May Be Quietly Flooding Your Body With Microplastics. Here’s How To Combat That

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Your water bottle contains a lot more microplastics than you might think. These were the findings of a ...
Wired

Coke Designed a Plastic Bottle to Sell the World More Soda

If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Coca-Cola’s advertising sought to evoke nostalgia, and for this the company ...
Food

Papacks bets on fiber bottles as plastic alternative

German sustainable packaging manufacturer Papacks will debut its Fiber-Bottle to the North American market during Pack Expo LV. Unlike other fiber bottles on the market, which still rely on plastic ...
Phys.org

Chronic risks from single-use plastic water bottles are dangerously understudied, says study

Very few address the pressing issue of single-use water bottles. "Education is the most important action we can take," she says. "Drinking water from plastic bottles is fine in an emergency but it is ...