Coca-Cola Great Britain Uses 100% Recycled Plastic

Coca-Cola Great Britain announced that it would use 100 percent recycled plastic bottles for all of the lines in the geographical area. The move is another step to the company’s sustainable packaging pledges.

All plastic bottles of 500ml or less will be made with 100%  recycled plastic and will be fully recyclable.

“This announcement marks an important step towards our ambition to remove all non-recycled plastic from our bottles, and our global aim to help collect and recycle a bottle or can for every one that we sell by 2025,” said Jon Woods, General Manager at Coca‑Cola Great Britain, “But there is still more we as an industry can do in order to increase the availability of food-grade recycled plastic locally available in Great Britain. That’s why we Support the introduction of a well-designed Deposit Return Scheme, to ensure we collect more bottles and are able to produce more high-quality recycled plastic which can be converted into new bottles.”

This announcement comes a few months after Coca-Cola was named the world’s biggest plastic polluter by a large margin as part of the #BreakFreeFromPlastic campaign, and a year and a half after the Earth Island Institute sued Coca-Cola, alongside other corporations, for the plastic waste they produce. Some individuals have taken to social media to voice their opinions that this change is not enough as well as to urge the company to phase out plastic use entirely.

Sign this petition to demand that U.S. state governments force plastic-producing corporations to pay for the costs they’ve inflicted on our environment.

To learn more about the impact of plastic waste, please read the articles below: 

• Marine Animals that are Dying because of our Plastic Habit
• Where Plastic Really Goes When You Throw it Out
• 5 Documentaries to make you Rethink Single-Use Plastics
• 6 Million Tons of Single-Use Plastics Get Thrown Out Every Year!
• America’s Largest Waste Management Company has Stopped Exporting Plastic Waste Overseas
• Landmark Bill, Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act of 2020, Aiming to Control Plastic Crisis Hits Congress
• John Oliver Takes on Plastic Pollution
• Why Your Recycling Isn’t Necessarily Being Recycled and How You Can Make a Difference!
• From Marine Animal Extinction to Ocean Pollutants: Everything You Need to Know About Plastic Pollution
• Microplastic Pollution in Soil is Threatening Human Health and Soil-Dwelling Organisms
• Plastic Pollution #1 Killer Of Marine Wildlife According To Research
• 10 Heartbreaking Videos of Sea Animals Harmed by Plastic Pollution
• Why We Need to Wake Up and Do Something to Tackle Plastic Pollution in the Oceans

There are products you may be using or habits you may have that contribute to plastic Pollution. Learn more about how the use of Teabags, Cotton Swabs, Laundry, Contact Lenses, Glitter and Sheet Masks pollute our oceans so you can make more informed decisions going forward. There are also numerous simple actionsand switches that can help cut plastic out of our lives including, making your own cosmetics, shampoo, toothpaste, soap, household cleaners, using mason jars, reusable bags/bottles/straws, and avoiding microbeads!

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