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WASTE & PACKAGING COLLECTION STRATEGY

World Without Waste

Our goal is to help ensure the collection of 70% to 75% of the equivalent number of bottles and cans introduced into the market annually by 2035​.

Collecting and recycling packaging also means potentially giving package more than one life​.

62% of the equivalent bottles and cans we introduced into the market in 2023 were collected and refilled or collected for recycling.

The collection rate represents the average collection rate for select primary packaging, which is the percentage of our packaging that was collected for recycling (or refill).

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A plastic bottle is placed in a Coca-Cola recycling bin

Improving Waste Collection

Collective action is needed to support packaging collection infrastructure and policies. The company will continue to focus on increased advocacy for well-designed collection systems, as these are often the most efficient ways to improve packaging collection rates.

A woman and man empty recyclables into a large container in St Louis

Investing in infrastructure

We are exploring how to support additional recycled PET capacity in each region. These investments not only provide a source of recycled content for our packages, but also create additional demand for empty packages, driving increased collection.

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