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In Asia, Coca-Cola is handing out unusual bottle caps that turn empty plastic bottles into totally new objects, like paintbrushes, water squirters, lamps and pencil sharpeners.

The beverage giant partnered with Ogilvy & Mather China on the “2nd Lives” campaign offering 16 screw-on caps in the brand’s signatured red color. The upcycling campaign launched in Vietnam, where 40,000 free bottle caps will be distributed this year with soda purchases. It will roll out later in Thailand and Indonesia.

The project is one of Coca-Cola’s many ways of addressing criticism about its reliance on plastic. In a much broader effort that spans multiple markets, Coca-Cola uses recyclable plastic bottles made partly from plants.

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