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PepsiCo to introduce alternatives Coca-Cola Amatil to use 100%

to plastic packaging for three recycled plastic for drinks bottles
brands oca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has produced carbonated soft

Cdrink bottles using 100% recycled plastic, following
epsiCo is to change the packaging of its LIFWTR, bubly the use of equivalent materials for its still beverages.
Pand Aquafina brands in order to advance the circular
economy of plastics. As part of the commitment, the The Asia-specific region bottler of non-alcoholic ready-
leading drinks corporation will offer LIFEWTR products to-drink beverages said that its single-use plastic
bottles will be produced using fully recycled materials
by the end of 2019. Earlier this year, CCA and Coca-Cola
Australia announced that 70% of the plastic bottles it
uses in Australia will be made from recycled materials
by 2020. This decreases the amount of virgin plastic
its bottles contain by an estimated 10,000t a year. This
will double the company’s use of recycled plastic across
its beverage range of all small packages of 600ml and
under for brands such as Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta and
Mount Franklin, and in 750ml-sized bottles of Pump.
CCA managing director Alison Watkins said: “We think
every beverage container should be recycled and
in 100% recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) and live again, not become waste in our marine and land
cease the use of plastic packaging for its bubly sparkling environment. “But pressure inside a soft drink bottle
water line. The beverage maker will also introduce is up to 100psi, or around three times the pressure in a
aluminium can packaging for its Aquafina water offering car tyre. So the bottle for carbonated drinks needs to be
in outlets across the US, with testing of the material being much stronger than for still beverages, and that’s been
carried out in retail outlets.Through the changes, PepsiCo an obstacle in using 100% recycled materials for these
is aiming to eliminate more than 8,000mt of virgin plastic types of drinks. “I’m pleased to say we’ve overcome
and approximately 11,000mt of greenhouse gas emissions this challenge through innovation and design, and
from its operations. All these initiatives will take effect we’re now the first in Australia to make 100% recycled
from 2020. PepsiCo chairman and chief executive officer plastic bottles for carbonated beverages.” CCA has
Ramon Laguarta said: “Tackling plastic waste is one of my
top priorities and I take this challenge personally. “As one
of the world’s leading food and beverage companies, we
recognise the significant role PepsiCo can play in helping
to change the way society makes, uses and disposes of
plastics.“We are doing our part to address the issue head-
on by reducing, recycling and reinventing our packaging to
make it more sustainable, and we won’t stop until we live
in a world where plastics are renewed and reused.” The
company believes that the initiatives will emphasise and
advance its commitment to making 100% of its packaging
recyclable, compostable or biodegradable, as well as halted distribution of plastic straws and is working with
using 25% recycled plastic content in all of its plastic Keep Australia Beautiful to target litter hotspots across
packaging by 2025. In May this year, PepsiCo launched a the country. The company’s Mount Franklin Still range
reusable packaging pilot in Paris with shopping platform also began to use 100% recycled plastics last year. CCA
Loop, which is operated by global recycling organisation operates in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua
Terracycle. New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa.

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