The Coca-Cola Company

Sustainable Packaging

Aspire to make our packaging a
valuable resource for future use.
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Sustainable Packaging

Section from the 2010/2011
Sustainability Report
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Reduce
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(defined as grams of material used per liter of product produced by the Coca-Cola system)
  • 1 Figure based on 58 percent of sales volume reporting; data currently incoming.
We are continually exploring new ways to optimize the amount of material and energy we use in our packaging. Since the introduction of all our major packages, we have significantly reduced the materials used to make them, without sacrificing quality.
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Reuse
 
We are helping to foster demand for recovered materials because of our increased use of recycled content in our packages. We also are purchasing products that are made from recycled beverage packaging and enhancing the efficiency of our refillable bottles.
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Recover
 
Approximately 85% of our unit case volume today is delivered in recyclable bottles and cans. The recovery of these containers and their materials for reuse is critical to our sustainability aspirations. Our target is to recover directly 50% of the equivalent bottles and cans sold worldwide.
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"Give It Back"
GIVE IT BACK® racks are free-standing units made of easily recyclable corrugated cardboard and designed to communicate sustainability to shoppers.
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Introducing PlantBottle™
Made from up to 30% plant-based material, PlantBottle packaging is a natural step toward the bottle of the future and is a 100% recyclable bottle like traditional PET plastic.
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