Beverage (still water)
To boost bottle-to-bottle recycling, legislation in California would try to discourage recycled plastic bottles from being used in the carpet industry.
The water brand Evian will charge 5 pounds (a little more than $6) to fans to access filling stations for its mineral water during the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
Bottled water sales grew by a half percent in 2023. That's down from 1.1 percent in 2022 and much higher growth rate ranging from 3.7 percent to 6.1 percent annually from 2017 to 2021.
Researchers from Columbia University and Rutgers University estimate that 240,000 plastic particles are found in a liter of bottled water.
North American PET bottle resin prices dropped a total of 3 cents per pound on average in November and December, while prices for nylon and polycarbonate continued to fall through the last quarter of 2023.
A bottled water company in Hawaii is installing equipment so it can create a closed loop for recycling PET containers locally.
Coca-Cola India says a new 1-liter water bottle for its Kinley brand is the first to use all recycled content.
CG Roxane LLC, which owns the Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring bottled water brand, has opened its second PET recycling facility.
Bottled water is America's most popular beverage and single-serve bottles are at the top of that category.
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