The Bottle for The Age of Ecology
Happy Earth Day! Did you know that in 1970, The Coca-Cola Company launched an advertising campaign to promote the returnable Coca-Cola bottle as the logical answer to some of the solid waste problems facing the environment? The theme for this series of ads provided a public service message to point out the responsibility of consumers in the area of litter. The copy on this ad reads: “What the world needs today are containers that recycle… So buy Coca-Cola in returnable bottles. It’s best for the environment and your best value.”




Ted Ryan manages the Archives collections and exhibits. He loves social media and in addition to the blog, Ted runs the Archives Twitter and Facebook feeds.
Jamal Booker is the processing archivist, responsible for cataloging and digitization. A huge music fan, he also films and edits all of the videos on the site.