Community Recycling

Beverage containers are among the world’s most recycled consumer product packaging. To increase recovery and recycling rates, The Coca-Cola Company designs packages that retain economic value and utility after the beverages they contain are consumed. To ensure that this value is realized in the marketplace, the Coca-Cola system provides financial assistance and other support for recovery and collection systems around the world. We also work closely with community organizations that promote recycling and litter abatement.

The Coca-Cola Company is a member of the Sustainable Packaging Coalition. In partnership with the National Recycling Coalition, we underwrite a twice-yearly bin grant program in the United States. Read about it here www.bingrant.org.

Other community and global partnerships include:

1. Litter Prevention Programs & Partnerships
Australia: Keep Australia Beautiful
New Zealand: Keep New Zealand Beautiul
U.S.: Keep America Beautiful
Global: The Ocean Conservancy

2. Recycling and Recovery Programs
Brazil: Compromisso Empresarial para Reciclagem (CEMPRE)
India:Vishakapatnam and Mumbai Street Beautifiers
Mexico: Ecologia y Compromiso Empresatial (ECOCE)
Nigeria: West African Recyclers
South Africa: Collect-A-Can
Argentina: San Isidro Recicla and Santa Fe Recicla

3. National Package Recovery Memberships
Austria: ARA
Belgium: FOST Plus & VAL-I-PAC
Bulgaria: Ecopack
Czech Republic: EKO-KOM
Germany: DSD Green Dot
Hungary: ÖKO-Pannon
Ireland: Repak
Japan: Japan Container and Package Recycling Association (JCPRA)
Luxembourg: Valorlux
Poland: REKOPOL
Portugal: Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV)
Romania: Eco-Rom
Slovakia: ENVI-PAK
Slovenia: Slopak
Spain: Ecoembes
Switzerland: PRS
Turkey: CEVKO
U.K.: Valpak Ltd.
Ukraine: UkrEcoComResursy

4. Consumer Incentive & Education Programs
U.S.: RecycleBank
Australia: Public Place Recycling
New Zealand: Auckland Public Place Recycling