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Coca-Cola South Africa Opens Green Valpré Plant and Launches Innovative PlantBottle™ Packaging
Eurasia & Africa,
July 7, 2011
Valpré Spring Water to be bottled at greenest plant in Africa and to introduce a new bottle made 30 percent from plants to the continent.
JOHANNESBURG, July 7, 2011 -
Selected for its close proximity to markets and distribution sites in the
Guateng Region and a similar source water profile as Valpré's, the new
plant will help
Keynote speaker, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms. Bomo Molewa said, "The opening of the new Valpré plant in Heidelberg, and the launch of PlantBottle™, supports government's mandate to create infrastructure, develop skills, increase the number of woman in the workforce and ensure sustainable development with a focus on minimizing the impact on the environment. It is a notable example of the kind of development that we encourage all South African industries to adopt."
The new Valpré plant is undergoing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification -- an internationally recognized program that is the accepted benchmark for design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings. The design of facility maximizes recycled materials and makes optimal use of water and solar energy. It has a "zero to landfill" target.
The Company today also launches
PlantBottle™ packaging has a lighter footprint on the environment due to its reduced dependence on nonrenewables such as petroleum. By the end of 2010 (in two years since its introduction in the United States), more than 2.5 billion PlantBottle™ packages had been produced, eliminating the equivalent of approximately 60 000 barrels of oil from our plastic bottles.
South African National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA) executive director, Charlotte Metcalf, said both the plant and new bottle significantly advance the bottling industry's 'green' strategy. "With the new Heidelberg plant, Valpré will reduce its carbon footprint, lower its water usage ratio, adopt energy efficient lighting and production technologies, and boost its solid waste recovery -- all while providing its market with a sustainable product packaged in a bottle that takes a giant step towards using renewable resource."
In addition to the environmental aspects of the plant and the new
PlantBottle™, the Heidelberg plant is run by a team of talented, black
women operators. This reinforces
There is no other brand in
Click here for more information on PlantBottle™.
About The
The
About SANBWA
Formed in 1997 as a standards setting and representative body, SANBWA is a
not-for-profit organisation committed to working with its members to continuously
improve and protect the conservation of all water resources wherever possible,
while promoting the image and reputation of bottled water through adherence to
global benchmarked standards. For more information about SANBWA, please visit
www.sanbwa.org.za.
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Awards & Recognition
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Plantbottle™ Receives Prestigious Award
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- Valpre Plant and PlantBottle Press Release (PDF) (227.8KB)
- Valpre Plant Fact Sheet (PDF) (60.8KB)
- Valpre Spring Water Fact Sheet (PDF) (27.2KB)
- SANBWA Fact File (PDF) (1.6MB)
- Sustainable Packaging - Yesterday to Tomorrow (PDF) (32.0KB)
- PETCO PET Facts (PDF) (903.7KB)
- PETCO Annual Review 2009 Web Version (PDF) (3.7MB)
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