Tag: Coca Cola

Coca Cola is misleading the public over single-use plastic bottles, says environmental campaigners in ASA complaint

Stuart Mitchell

Coca Cola is attempting to mislead the public about the environmental impact of its plastic bottles by suggesting they are not ‘single-use’ say plastic campaigning organisation, City to Sea in a complaint submitted this week to the Advertising Standards Agency ASA. The company’s recent advertising campaign claims “single-use plastic bottles are only single-use if they are thrown away”, with ads appearing in newspapers and tube stations. City to Sea have as a result, submitted a formal complaint to the (ASA) arguing that Coca-Cola misrepresents a commonly held definition of the word ‘single-use,’…

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Sweden to become the first country worldwide where all Coca-Cola plastic bottles will be made from 100% recycled material

Stuart Mitchell

Coca-Cola Sweden announced today that, from 2020, it will make all of its plastic bottles from 100% recycled material1, becoming the first country worldwide to do so.  The transition will begin in the first quarter of 2020 and includes all plastic (PET) packaging made at Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in Jordbro. By switching to 100% recycled material in its bottles1, Coca-Cola will eliminate the use of 3,500 tons of virgin plastic each year in Sweden. This will also result in an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 25 per cent over…

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Winners of Inaugural US Transparency Awards Announced

Stuart Mitchell

Labrador, a global communication firm specializing in regulated disclosure documents, today announces the winners of the inaugural U.S. Transparency Awards. The rankings compare the efficacy of corporate disclosure documents among the top S&P 250 companies by market capitalization trading on the NYSE or Nasdaq. This year’s top honor is awarded to The Coca-Cola Company for the Best Overall corporate disclosure across its annual proxy statement, form 10-K and investor relations website. After successfully launching 10 years ago in France, the first U.S. Transparency Awards recognize the quality and completeness of…

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Coca-Cola to end the use of plastic shrink-wrap across all multipacks of cans sold in Great Britain

Stuart Mitchell

Coca-Cola will end the use of plastic shrink-wrap across all multipacks of cans sold in Great Britain and replace it with cardboard. More than 30 million packs sold to consumers each year will no longer be wrapped in plastic. The new cardboard multipacks will be introduced on 4, 6 and 8 packs of cans across all brands, including Coca-Cola (original taste and zero sugar), Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite, Dr Pepper and Lilt. The packs will transition to cardboard over the next 18 months. Multipacks of ten cans or more are…

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Coca-Cola partners with Merlin Theme Parks to offer 50 percent off in exchange for empty plastic bottles

Stuart Mitchell

As the summer gets underway, thrifty thrill-seekers will be able to enjoy an adrenaline rush for less as Coca-Cola Great Britain offers 50% off entry at Merlin Entertainments in exchange for recycling an empty plastic bottle at a specifically designed Coca-Cola reverse vending machine. Launching from the 8th July 2019, the 23 machines will be available at leading UK Merlin attractions, including Alton Towers Resort, Thorpe Park Resort, Chessington World of Adventures Resort and the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. Following popular demand, the reverse vending machine has also rolled out to…

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