PepsiCo Thinks Folks Are Ready To Crack Open Cold Cans of….Water

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In an effort to eliminate thousands of tons of virgin plastic, PepsiCo has announced a series of significant changes to its beverage packaging, including a trial run of canned Aquafina water.

Cans of Aquafina will initially be available at restaurants and other types of food service vendors, with a wider rollout to supermarkets and grocery stores to follow.

Other changes include a change to 100% recycled plastic for LIFEWTR packaging, and sparkling water bubly will no longer be packaged in plastic bottles. The changes, which the beverage maker says will go into effect next year, is expected to eliminate more than 8,000 metric tons of virgin plastic and 11,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. These actions are part of PepsiCo’s broader goal of making all of its packaging either recyclable, compostable, or biodegradable, and use 25% recycled plastic in all plastic packaging, by 2025.