Coca-Cola announced it developed a bottle made with 30 percent plant derivatives, intended for use initially for bottled waters. The company says the bioplastic container can be recycled through typical recycling systems without contaminating other plastics. Coke says it wants to make bottles with 100 percent plant materials eventually, and is eyeing wood chips, corn stover and wheat stalks as possible bottle materials.

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Dell started shipping two of its products padded with bamboo cushioning, a part of the company’s broad plan to reduce its packaging while using more recyclable material.

Amazon.com launched a private label brand called AmazonBasics, shipped in what it calls Frustration-Free Packaging: minimal, easy-to-open and recyclable. Kraft Foods UK introduced resealable plastic coffee packs for its Kenco brand that are 97 percent lighter than their glass counterparts and require 81 percent less energy to manufacture.

Frito-Lay’s Sun Chips were relaunched in packaging made with 33 percent polylactic acid, a corn-based biopolymer.

Aramark introduced a reusable takeout food container for college cafeterias, which the company says can divert as many as 2 million disposables from landfills in a single school year. In a similar vein, a collaboration between packaging manufacturer Direct Pack and recycler Global PET has resulted in the Bottle Box, the first 100 percent post-consumer plastic take-out packaging. Foodservice product providers Solo Cup and StalkMarket Products each released compostable paper cups for use with hot liquids.