For decades, Sprite has come in its iconic green bottle. That’s all about to change. The Coca-Cola Company is officially getting rid of their green Sprite bottles and replacing them with clear ...

Sprite will come in a clear bottle starting on Aug. 1 Anna Lazarus Caplan is a writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work previously appeared in the Fort Worth ...

Sprite’s current plastic contains green polyethylene terephthalate (PET), an additive that can’t be recycled into new bottles, a key initiative for the company as it looks to reduce plastic waste.

Plastic bottles of soft drink Sprite are seen in a dispatch area within the Coca Cola facility in Hargeisa May 21, 2013. Picture taken May 21, 2013.

Apart from changing Sprite bottles, Coca-Cola is also looking at changing packaging for other beverages, including Dasani water, Fresca, Seagram’s, and Mello Yello.

Sprite ditches its iconic green bottle — but environmentalists say it's not enough Updated July 28, 20223:24 PM ET Heard on Morning Edition Becky Sullivan ...

For decades, Sprite has come in green bottles, but the company says clear plastic is more easily recycled. Environmentalists say the issue is not the color but the single-use plastic.

Sprite bottles will now be clear, rather than green, for environmental reasons, the Coca-Cola Company said in a press release Wednesday, July 27, 2022. / Credit: Coca-Cola Company ...

Sprite will no longer be sold in its iconic green plastic bottles in North America, a statement from parent company Coca-Cola said on Wednesday. It is estimated that the U.S. is the largest ...

Since its debut in 1961, Sprite's bottle has always been green — until now. July 27, 2022, 1:57 PM PDT Alex Portée Senior Trending Reporter 0 seconds of 26 secondsVolume 0% ...

Coca-Cola ditches green Sprite bottles and switches to clear to be more environmentally friendly. By October, all green bottles will be phased out, including Fresca and Mello Yello. The change ...

Bottles of Sprite, a lemon-lime beverage produced by the Coca-Cola Company, seen in a Target superstore. Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Sprite is saying goodbye to its green bottle.