Two brave hikers plucked a lime green bottle from a river and alerted authorities about the SOS message they found inside. Curtis Whitson has two strangers to thank for his family being alive today.

Sprite bottles will now be clear, rather than green, for environmental reasons, the Coca-Cola Company said in a press release Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Coca-Cola Company ...

So the green Sprite bottle is no more. SARAH DEARMAN: I would say, it's a great step. But we need to take a lot more steps to improve recycling and reduce the amount of material we use.

For decades, the lemon-lime drink has come in green bottles — but green plastic isn't as easily recycled as clear plastic, the company says. Fresca, Seagram's and Mello Yello will all follow suit.