Recycling Bottles
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Crushed plastic bottles sit in a bale in 2016 following sorting at the Mid-America Recycling plant, in Lincoln, Neb. Coca-Cola Co., PepsiCo and Keurig Dr. Pepper are investing $100 million to improve U.S. bottle recycling and processing. [FRANCIS GARDLER/THE JOURNAL-STAR]
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