Coke goes green with 'PlantBottle'

ATLANTA Coca-Cola's newest green initiative hit store shelves on Monday, the beverage maker announced.

The “PlantBottle” packaging, a recyclable plastic bottle made partially from plants, is now available in 500-mL and 2-liter sizes. For the PlantBottle packaging in the United States and Canada, up to 30% of the content in the PET plastic comes from plants.

Coca-Cola said its goal is to produce 2 billion of the by the end of 2010.