Despite setting some major sustainability goals, the company cites consumer preference and environmental factors for its continued plastic use.
Last October, the Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper, and PepsiCoof Every Bottle Back, a program that the three companies will use to address the amount of plastic waste in the United States. Their joint initiative will rely on several key components, including reducing the use of new plastic, investing in ways to improve the sorting, processing, and collection of plastic bottles, and reminding customers that polyethylene terephthalate plastic soda bottles are recyclable.
But—and this is a big but—Perez admitted that the company has no plans to stop using single-use plastic bottles entirely. Shethose bottles, because they're lightweight and they can be resealed after being opened. Perez also said that switching to aluminum or glass bottles could increase the company's carbon footprint .
According to Perez, Coca-Cola will continue to partner with non-government organizations to find ways to improve worldwide collection of plastic bottles, which sounds similar to what the company is trying to accomplish with Every Bottle Back in the U.S. of bottles to collect: last March, Coca-Cola revealed that it uses three million tons of plastic packaging every year, which is the equivalent of 200,000 bottles every minute. .
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