• The New York Times, Friday, December 16, 2011 11 AM

The war between Coca-Cola and PepsiCo over bottling innovations has entered a green phase. The beverage rivals are racing to become the first to produce a plastic soda bottle made entirely from plants. But there won't be all-plant bottles on store shelves any time soon.

Coke on Thursday said it plans to work with three companies that are developing competing technologies to make plastic from plants, with bottles rolling out to consumers in perhaps a few years. PepsiCo is aiming to beat that timeline and claim the 100% green label first. PepsiCo said on Thursday it was on schedule to conduct a test next year that involved producing 200,000 bottles made from plant-only plastic.

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