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PeelPack: Coca-Cola May Be Repurposing Orange Rinds To Make Green Packaging

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
September 27, 2014
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Submitted by Hank on Sat, 09/27/2014 - 04:01
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Coca-Cola is apparently developing new beverage package made from citrus juices, fibers, and and peels. They filed a trademark September 16th saying it would call such packaging "Peelpack."

It's not their first bio-based packaging, they also make the PlantBottle. 

Coca-Cola picks citrus for new containers by David Allison, Atlanta Business Chronicle

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