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I like Innocent Smoothies, they are great tasting and the stuff on the back usually brings a smile, but here is the crunch, that little bottle usually costs me £1.80 a day,so from Monday through Thursday that a WHOPPING £7.20, too much? Yes, could I do anything about it? Of Course.
Innocent tell us on the back of some bottles that they use 100% recycled plastic in the bottles to help the environment, so what if you recycle the recycled bottle? An idea formed and here is the short version and how to go about saving money and the planet all in one easy move.

1. Buy a little bottle of Innocent Smoothie
2. Open and drink (but don't throw it away)
3. Take it home and wash it out
4. Remove label - easier said than done, see below.
5. Buy a litre from your local super market (Asda did a "special" at £2 but under £3 is common)
6. Fill up your little bottle each day (day 4 depends on how much you put in days 1,2,&3)
7. Save around £4 per week (£208 a year) and 260 plastic bottles a year, if you use it all year round, best to change it once every few months.

Getting the label off!
I've found the best way is :
1. Gently heat the label with a hair dryer and peel off.
2.A little chain cleaner or similar product on a rag will take off all the glue left behind
3. put the lid on an wash in hot soapy water.

You should have an Innocent Bottle with no label, and that "should" keep you out of trouble in the staff canteen, of course you can always just get a big marker pen and write your name on it!

It seems like a win win call, Innocent don't have to make as may bottles, I still buy just as much and save money, I'm not sure if you can recycle a plastic bottle made of recycled plastic, but as you'll only be doing it once every so often I doubt it's that important.

Oh yes they have a rather good webpage to http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/
For information on the bottles and plastics you need this link http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/us/ethics/sustainable%5Fpackaging/