{"id":6445,"date":"2019-11-07T11:05:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T08:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6445"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:40","slug":"coca-cola-chooses-plastic-bottle-collection-over-aluminum-cans-to-cut-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/11\/07\/coca-cola-chooses-plastic-bottle-collection-over-aluminum-cans-to-cut-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola Chooses Plastic Bottle Collection Over Aluminum Cans To Cut Carbon Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Reuters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coca-Cola\nis committed to collecting and recycling plastic bottles rather than switching\nto aluminum cans as the world’s largest soft drinks maker seeks to reduce its\ncarbon footprint, its chief executive officer told Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along\nwith multinational rivals including PepsiCo and Nestle, Coca-Cola has started\noffering recyclable aluminum cans as well as plastic bottles for some water\nbrands as the industry reacts to public outrage over the world’s oceans being\npolluted with plastic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\nCoca-Cola’s launch of a range of cans for sparkling water in the United States\nis not part of a broader shift, said CEO James Quincey during an interview in\nNigeria’s commercial capital Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We\nare not trying to engineer a strategic shift from plastic to aluminum,”\nsaid Quincey, adding that the firm was “focused on collecting” and\nhas a collection rate of about 59%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quincey\nsaid import tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum that U.S. President\nDonald Trump set in 2018 to preserve national security would also not alter its\nplan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s\nnot so big that it’s going to make us change our strategy,” said Quincey\non the impact of the tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Given\nthe relative weight of aluminum in our total business, it hasn’t caused a big\nchange in strategy – just a cost increase that fed through to the\nconsumers,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last\nyear Coca-Cola pledged to collect and recycle a bottle or can for everyone it\nsells globally by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ncompany adopts different methods around the world to collect bottles. In some\ncountries it uses a deposit return scheme that enables consumers to return\nbottles in exchange for incentives – such as cash, vouchers or a points-scheme.\nIt also works with private firms that employ collection agents to retrieve used\nbottles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A\nrecycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle has a much lower carbon\nfootprint than an aluminium can or a returned glass bottle,” said Quincey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He\nsaid collecting and reusing bottles was a “better long term answer”\nthan switching to cans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last\nmonth environmental group Greenpeace said Coca-Cola was the world’s biggest\nproducer of plastic waste for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working\nwith the Break Free From Plastic movement, it said 11,732 branded Coca-Cola\nplastics were recorded in 37 countries – more than the next three top global\npolluters combined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But\nCoke’s CEO said this was just a reflection of the drinks company being the\n“biggest brand”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coca-Cola\nbeat Wall Street estimates with quarterly revenue of $9.51 billion last month,\nprompting the company to give an upbeat forecast for 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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