
Want a paint brush? Just change the lid!
Each year in the United States, 50 billion plastic bottles are sold. About 80% of these are discarded immediately. Not exactly the best way to help the environment.

Interestingly, so is the bottle. The boffins over at Coke have devised a way to reduce the amount of oil used to produce their plastic bottles. Since 2009, a bottle of Coke consists of 30% sugar cane. During the World Expo in July, they presented a bottle that is made from 100% sugar cane material.