The Coca-Cola Company is announcing that all its 500mL sparkling beverage bottles in Canada will be made with 100% recycled plastic (excluding caps and labels) by early 2024. This marks the first time 500mL sparkling beverages will be sold in bottles made from 100% recycled plastic in Canada.
The shift supports The Coca-Cola Company’s World Without Waste goals to use at least 50% recycled content in its packaging by 2030, and to reduce the use of virgin plastic.
It’s projected to save 7.6 million pounds of new plastic in 2024 alone, as well as reduce nearly 7,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions annually which is the equivalent of taking nearly 1,500 cars off the road for one year.
Bottles made with 100% recycled plastic create and sustain a circular economy for plastic packaging.
Once the material (PET) is recycled, it is cleaned, sorted and ground into small flakes that become raw material for more new bottles.
To build awareness and encourage consumers to continue recycling bottles, all 100% recycled plastic bottles will feature “Recycle Me Again” messaging.
The new 100% recycled plastic bottles will be produced locally at the Brampton, O.N., Calgary, A.B., Lachine, Q.C., and Richmond, B.C., manufacturing facilities, by Coke Canada Bottling.
An independent, family-owned business, Coke Canada Bottling facilities from coast-to-coast are home to 6,000 diverse employees who proudly make, distribute, merchandise, and sell the most-loved beverages Canadians enjoy.