Collect

We work with partners across business, government and civil society to create or support closed-loop systems that ensure our packages are collected and recycled or reused.

Our goal is to help ensure the collection of 70% to 75% of the equivalent number of bottles and cans introduced into the market annually by 2035.

Collecting and recycling packaging also means potentially giving package more than one life.

Improving Waste Collection

Collective action is needed to support packaging collection infrastructure and policies. CCBA will continue to focus on increased advocacy for well-designed collection systems, as these are often the most efficient ways to improve packaging collection rates.

Investing in infrastructure

We are exploring how to support additional recycled PET capacity in each region. These investments not only provide a source of recycled content for our packages, but also create additional demand for empty packages, driving increased collection.

Our N$24 million (over US$1.2million) investment through a partnership between Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Namibia and Plastic Packaging culminated in the opening of a new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) flaking plant in Okahandja in 2024 is an example of how we invest in partnerships to drive collection.

Media Releases

05 Jun 2024

World Environment Day Highlights Our Ongoing Commitment to Sustainability

“At Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), our sustainability strategy is centred around people—consumers and our employees—and driving sustainable solutions that build resilience into our business to respond to current and future challenges, while creating positive change for the planet,” said CCBA Chief Public Affairs, Communication and Sustainability Officer, Tshidi Ramogase.

Sustainability

25 Apr 2024

Launch of cutting-edge recycling facility in Namibia 

A N$24 million (over US$1.2million) investment through a partnership between Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in Namibia and Plastic Packaging has culminated in the opening of a new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) flaking plant in Okahandja which will double the capacity of the only mechanical recycler of plastic waste in the country. 

Sustainability

Other Key Sustainability Areas

Sustainability

We act in ways to create a more sustainable and better shared future. To make a difference in people’s lives, communities and our planet by doing business the right way.

Packaging

We aim to help ensure the collection of 70% to 75% of the equivalent number of bottles and cans we introduce into the market annually by 2035.

Water

Since 2015, the Coca-Cola system has returned more than 100% of the water used in our finished products globally, on an aggregate level, to nature and communities. Moving forward, we will also seek to return 100% of the total water used in each of our more than 200 high-risk locations* across the Coca-Cola system by 2036.

*The company will continue to comply with local regulations, including where higher percentages of recycled content are required.
**Costs, quality and scaling innovation are dynamic external factors that will affect implementation.