Pepsi to sell water in an aluminum can

Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo will be selling three of its products in recyclable packaging.

The company announced that it’s LIFEWTR will be packaged in 100% rPET (recycled polyethylene terephthalate) and it’s bubly will no longer be packaged in plastic. The company's Aquafina water brand will also offer aluminum can packaging in U.S. food service outlets, while the brand tests the move in retail.  

The changes, which all go into effect next year, are expected to eliminate more than 8,000 metric tons of virgin plastic and approximately 11,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. According to the company, this latest move is an example of  PepsiCo's goals to make 100% of its packaging recyclable, compostable, or biodegradable by 2025, and to use 25% recycled plastic content in all of its plastic packaging.

"Tackling plastic waste is one of my top priorities and I take this challenge personally," said Ramon Laguarta, Pepsi Co.’s chairman and CEO. "As one of the world's leading food and beverage companies, we recognize the significant role PepsiCo can play in helping to change the way society makes, uses, and disposes of plastics. We are doing our part to address the issue head on by reducing, recycling and reinventing our packaging to make it more sustainable, and we won't stop until we live in a world where plastics are renewed and reused."