May 20, 2026

How Coke Killed the Refillable Bottle

How Coke Killed the Refillable Bottle
How Coke Killed the Refillable Bottle
Is this the norm?
How Coke Killed the Refillable Bottle

Join Rebecca, Lora, and Heather, where Heather discusses how Coca-Cola and the broader beverage industry deliberately dismantled the environmentally superior refillable glass bottle system in favor of single-use plastic.



References:

Why Coke Stopped Using Glass Bottles By Susan Messer

Environmental historian Bart Elmore from Ohio State University.

Story of Stuff website