Beloved drinks together with Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta in 500mL bottles will likely be made with 100% recycled plastic bottles*, saving 7.6 million kilos of recent plastic in 2024 alone
TORONTO, Oct. 26, 2023 /CNW/ – Today, The Coca-Cola Company is asserting that all its 500mL glowing beverage bottles in Canada will likely be made with 100% recycled plastic* (*excluding caps and labels) by early 2024. This marks the primary time 500mL glowing drinks will likely be bought in bottles comprised of 100% recycled plastic* in Canada.
“With this transition, no virgin PET plastic will likely be used for our glowing 500mL bottles below regular circumstances going ahead in Canada,” stated Kurt Ritter, Vice President & General Manager, Sustainability, Coca-Cola North America. “We hope that transitioning our 500mL glowing portfolio to 100% recycled plastic will improve the quantity of high-quality, food-grade, recycled plastic available in Canada and, finally, allow us to supply extra of our manufacturers on this sustainable format.”
The shift helps The Coca-Cola Company’s World Without Waste goals to make use of a minimum of 50% recycled content material in its packaging by 2030, and to cut back the usage of virgin plastic. It’s projected to avoid wasting 7.6 million kilos of recent plastic in 2024 alone, in addition to cut back practically 7,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions yearly which is the equal of taking practically 1,500 automobiles off the street for one 12 months.
Bottles made with 100% recycled plastic* create and maintain a round economic system for plastic packaging. Once the fabric (PET) is recycled, it’s cleaned, sorted and floor into small flakes that change into uncooked materials for extra new bottles. To build consciousness and encourage customers to proceed recycling bottles, all 100% recycled plastic bottles* will function “Recycle Me Again” messaging.
“We’re proud to companion with The Coca-Cola Company on our transition to 100% recycled plastic bottles throughout Canada,” stated Todd Parsons, CEO of Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited. “We’re on a journey to be the main beverage companion in Canada, and one of many methods we’re doing that’s by incomes our social license to function by driving a round economic system for our packaging. Every considered one of these 100% recycled plastic bottles represents significant progress on that journey.”
The new 100% recycled plastic bottles* will likely be produced domestically on the Brampton, O.N., Calgary, A.B., Lachine, Q.C., and Richmond, B.C., manufacturing services, by Coke Canada Bottling. An unbiased, family-owned business, Coke Canada Bottling services from coast-to-coast are home to six,000 various workers who proudly make, distribute, merchandise, and promote the most-loved drinks Canadians take pleasure in.
The Replay Arcade
Coca-Cola Canada is celebrating the launch—which follows final 12 months’s nationwide rollout of DASANI bottles comprised of 100% recycled plastic*—with a pop-up experiential activation in Toronto, Ontario known as The Replay Arcade.
Guests who usher in an empty plastic beverage bottle (all manufacturers and sizes are welcome) to be recycled will obtain 12 recreation tokens and a Coca-Cola beverage in a 100% recycled plastic bottle*. The Replay Arcade, situated at Stackt Market at 28 Bathurst Street, will likely be open Nov. 10-12 from midday till 8 p.m. Entry is free and no tickets or reservations are wanted.
*Excluding caps and labels
About The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is a complete beverage firm with merchandise bought in additional than 200 international locations and territories. Our firm’s goal is to refresh the world and make a distinction. We promote a number of billion-dollar manufacturers throughout a number of beverage classes worldwide. Our portfolio of glowing delicate drink manufacturers contains Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta. Our hydration, sports activities, espresso and tea manufacturers embrace Dasani, smartwater, vitaminwater, Topo Chico, Powerade, Costa, Georgia, Gold Peak, Honest and Ayataka. Our vitamin, juice, dairy and plant-based beverage manufacturers embrace Minute Maid, Simply, harmless, Del Valle, fairlife and AdeS. We’re continually reworking our portfolio, from decreasing sugar in our drinks to bringing progressive new merchandise to market. We search to positively influence folks’s lives, communities and the planet by way of water replenishment, packaging recycling, sustainable sourcing practices and carbon emissions reductions throughout our worth chain. Together with our bottling companions, we make use of greater than 700,000 folks, serving to deliver financial alternative to native communities worldwide. Learn extra at www.coca-cola.ca.
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