Coca-Cola

NESTLE Food and beverage company aims to have 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025	18.04.2018
ASSOCIATIONS Eleven new members join Petcore Europe	21.03.2018
COCA-COLA Global target to collect and recycle equivalent of 100% of its packaging by 2030 / Recycled PET content to be boosted / Earlier targets in Europe	19.03.2018
COCA-COLA Plans announced to shutter two UK facilities in 2019 / "Bag-in-Box" and pouches production site / Final closure in Weimar	07.02.2018
COCA-COLA German bottle production site set to close in Weimar / Decline in PET bottle consumption	18.10.2017
CHILE On track to ban plastic bags in coastal cities / Initiatives around the country to minimise waste / Ten companies commit to promoting recycled plastic packaging	16.10.2017
COCA-COLA Plan to double recycled plastic use in the UK by 2020 / Three-point strategy to boost recovery and recycling / Multi-million pound campaign by end of 2017	24.07.2017
ALPLA Purchase of Boxmore Packaging in South Africa / Largest acquisition in company history / 13 plants now in Africa	11.07.2017
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE PRE annual meeting highlights efforts to integrate recycled plastics / Industry shifting to a circular economy / Marketing and design crucial for sustainability	28.06.2017
FULL APEX Chinese bottle manufacturer planning polyester production in Saudi Arabia	26.05.2017
EUROPEN 36 packaging value chain industry associations launch recommendations	21.03.2017
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT WEF, MacArthur Foundation and plastics industry in joint declaration on combatting marine litter / “New Plastics Economy” initiative presents strategies for recycling at Davos	25.01.2017
KHOSHFORM Iranian PET preforms manufacturer invests in Italian machinery / Rising domestic and regional demand	10.11.2016
EVOLVE POLYMERS US blow moulder Plastipak acquires UK recycler / Former ECOPlastics Recycling sold by investor Aurelius	07.11.2016
BASF Joint venture with Avantium for FDCA and PEF / Synvina to develop markets for PEF films and bottles / Technology to be licensed	11.10.2016
EVENTS “Sustainability in Packaging Europe” conference to take place in Barcelona in early November	10.10.2016
SCHWAN-STABILO Marker pen housings made of old Coca-Cola bottle caps / Cooperation with Germany's Alba subsidiary Interseroh	29.09.2016
PET TO PET RECYCLING Austrian regrinder recycles 11,000 t of PET bottles in H1 2016	26.07.2016
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Leading global industry players and cities join to form The New Plastics Economy initiative / Ellen MacArthur report serves as blueprint / Three-year project aimed at achieving a system-wide transformation	01.06.2016
PET TO PET RECYCLING 800m PET bottles recycled in Austria in 2015 / EUR 1.5m machinery investment to improve recyclate quality	10.03.2016
EVENTS 5th “Packaged – Global Packaging Summit” in Brussels	22.01.2016
AVANTIUM Deal with Mitsui to commercialise bio-based FDCA and PEF / Construction of first plant nears	16.12.2015
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 Circular economy, recycling, environment: How "green" is Europe's plastics industry? / Plastic bags and one-way cutlery under pressure / Political establishment and industry join hands to combat marine litter	14.12.2015
COCA-COLA EU Commission approves internal merger / New European bottling giant takes shape	19.11.2015
BIOPLASTICS Global growth rates remain high / Degradable and bio-based polymers still niche materials / Market dominated by drop-in applications / Europe is leading production region / 5m t of bio-PET for bottles by 2018	23.10.2015