Expansion of 100% rPET bottle introduction

"100% rPET bottles" (PET bottles that are 100% made from recycled PET material) can reduce CO2 emissions by around 60% per bottle compared to conventional PET bottles made from petroleum-based virgin plastic. Also, promoting bottle-to-bottle recycling (horizontla recycling), a process of collecting used PET bottles and recycling them into new PET bottles, we can contribute to a reduction in the use of new plastic.

The Coca-Cola system in Japan advances deployment of 100% rPET bottles with the aim to swich to 100% sustainable materials (all recycled PET materials from bottle-tobottle recycling and plant-based PET materials) for all PET bottles by 2030. Starting with the introduction of 100% rPET bottles for "1 (Hajime) Green Tea One Bottle a Day", joint project product with Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. and "I LOHAS Natural Mineral Water," in 2019, we started using 100% rPET bottles for our flagship brands including "Coca-Cola" in 2021. As of November 2022, we use 100% rPET bottles for 37 products of five brands available in Japan.

Country

Japan

Name of Organization

Coca-Cola(Japan)Company, Limited

Further information

esg-report-jp_2022-english.pdf (PDF, 2.9MB)
https://www.cocacola.co.jp/content/dam/journey/jp/ja/sustainability/esg-download/2022/esg-report-jp_2022-english.pdf