As a society, we've been sipping from Coca-Cola bottles for well over 100 years. However, it turns out that some of these ...

Dez's design — which he drew on paper, scanned, and then Photoshopped and colorized — was picked from a pool of 3,200 entries. The award also comes with a much-needed $10,000. "The starving ...

South African designer and social entrepreneur Michael Suttner recently unveiled the Lightie: a portable solar-powered light that fits into a standard soda bottle. The low cost and durable device ...

For several years, designers have worked on perfecting cheap solar lanterns as an alternative. One of the latest reuses plastic water bottles to help bring the cost down even more.

And that's where soda bottles come in. In 2008, Coke redesigned its two-liter bottle a few years ago to make it curvier and thus, "easier to hold and pour," in the words of a Coca-Cola representative.