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- Description
- In 1970, Coca Cola began market testing bottles made of Lopac, a plastic product of the Monsanto Company. The inscription on this early example reads “No Deposit / No Return / Coke / Coca-Cola / 10 Fl. Oz.” By 1974, the search was on for a recyclable version.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- Plastic Coke Bottle
- date made
- 1970
- Associated Name
- Coca-Cola Company
- maker
- Coca-Cola Company
- Monsanto Company
- place made
- United States: Connecticut
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 197 mm x 57 mm; 7 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in
- mouth: 25 mm; x in
- overall: 7 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 19.685 cm x 19.05 cm
- ID Number
- 1983.0538.12
- catalog number
- 1983.0538.12
- accession number
- 1983.0538
- Credit Line
- Gift of J. Harry DuBois
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- Medicine and Science: Chemistry
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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