Siegwerk launches ink that also acts as oxygen barrier
Siegwerk has launched a new white printing ink that also provides an oxygen barrier – an innovation that aims to combine two layers into one.
Coca-Cola is reviving its Share a Coke campaign, in which consumers can scan an on-pack QR code to personalize their cans and access an interactive digital experience.
According to Oceana’s newest report, The Coca-Cola Company’s annual plastic use will exceed 4.1 million metric tons by 2030 if its current practices continue – but it could reportedly avoid this outcome by making 26.4% of its packaging reusable within the same time frame.
Reflecting on its sustainability targets for 2025, Coca-Cola HBC says it already designs all its packaging for recycling, but may still have progress to make with recovering materials and implementing recycled plastic content.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that the next International Negotiating Committee meeting (INC-5.2) to negotiate a Global Plastics Treaty will be held at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from 5th – 14th August 2025.
The Coca-Cola Company, Starbucks, PepsiCo and others served reusable takeaway cups as the default in a Closed Loop Partners trial and apparently achieved a 51% return rate, suggesting environmental benefits for mandatory reuse.
The Coca-Cola Company has lowered the ambition of its voluntary environmental goals. Having extended its timeframe to 2035, it now aspires to achieve 40% recyclate in its primary packaging and collect 75% of the bottles and cans it markets, among other targets.
Fanta and Warner Bros. Pictures are celebrating the release of Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice Beetlejuice in cinemas with a lineup of limited-edition Fanta cans, including an exclusive Beetlejuice flavour, and the opportunity to win tickets by scanning a QR code.
In the run-up to the 2024 Olympics, over 100 sports organizations and athletes have signed a letter led by Sailors for the Sea Powered by Oceana and EcoAthletes calling for The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners to increase reusable packaging and tackle plastic pollution.
The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Starbucks, and other big brands are collaborating with Closed Loop Partners to roll out reusable cups as default takeaway packaging across restaurants in Petaluma, California, and encourage consumers to reuse their beverage containers.
Coca-Cola is rolling out 500ml bottles made of 100% rPET in Hong Kong – intended as a step towards offering 100% recyclable packaging by 2025 and implementing 50% recycled material across its packaging lines by 2030.
The Coca-Cola Company’s Glacéau smartwater brand is releasing 12-oz. aluminium cans with a new visual design, aspiring to tap into consumers’ environmental concerns while ensuring convenient consumption in the spring and summer months.
Coca-Cola is temporarily removing the labels from its Sprite and Sprite Zero on-the-go bottles to trial label-free packaging in hopes of reducing plastic waste.