Primary Detectives: Soda Bottle

by Donovan


The item is a green bottle. It is definately a soda bottle, but it is not clear (the way many soda bottles are nowadays). Why did they use green instead? The bottle is made of glass instead of plastic. It has a lid that is a pop-off instead of a twist off. It makes me wonder if kids used to have to carry around bottle openers or if maybe grownups were always the ones to open bottles instead. The side of the bottle has places where you can grip it (little ridges all around) and there is a distinctly curved style to the soda bottle.

The bottle is really old and is not a company people recognize. The company is Cott and the soda is called "Quiky." The bottle explains that it was a "delicious grapefruit and lemon soda." It is ten fluid ounces, which is two ounces less than the current twelve ounce cans that people drink.

Things have changed since then. Now people drink far more than ten ounces of soda. We use plastic bottles that have a screwtop lid instead. Our bottles are smaller in length but hold more (usually twenty ounces at least). They are also clear and do not contain colors. What all of this suggests is that we are more eco-friendly in how we create products (this is a heavy glass bottle) but that we are consuming more than ever.