What we're doing in New Zealand
Making recycling fun & easy at iconic events
We’re supporting recycling at some of the country’s biggest events and venues, like Electric Avenue festival, Christmas in the Park and other stadiums. With one simple goal: refresh Kiwis & make recycling easy, fun & rewarding for them so our bottles can have a second chance.
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Our Coca‑Cola bottles below 1L can become other bottles when you recycle them
In 2019, we transitioned our Coca‑Cola single serve (below 1L) bottles - and our other brands’ too - to 100% recycled plastic, excluding caps & labels. So used and empty plastic bottles aren’t done when we are. Thanks for recycling.
Sea Cleaners - making waves in the fight against marine litter
Since 2019, with the support of The Coca‑Cola Foundation, Sea Cleaners has collected more than 376,000 kilograms of marine litter* from Auckland's waterways and coordinated over 13,000 volunteer hours.
*amount collected between Jan 2019 and Nov 2023
Latest Sustainability News
Frequently asked questions
A: We design our packaging to be recyclable and aim to increase the percentage of recycled material in our primary packaging (plastic, glass and aluminum), including the use of more recycled plastic. The use of recycled content can also help reduce our related potential emissions.
In New Zealand all our plastic bottles under 1 litre are made from 100% recycled plastic (excluding caps and labels).
We continue to work to help collect our bottles and cans so they can be recycled or reused. In New Zealand we support a Container Return Scheme, which gives our cans and bottles the best chance of becoming a can and bottle again.
A: We have operations nearly everywhere in the world—in more than 200 countries and territories. That means we have a responsibility to accelerate our efforts to help address water stress, protect local water resources and help build community climate resilience—communities’ ability to adapt to these changing conditions.
Since 2015, we have met or exceeded our goal to return more than 100% of the water used in our finished products globally, on an aggregate level, to nature and communities*.
* With support from The Coca‑Cola Foundation, the company’s owned and independent bottling partners and independent suppliers and partners.
We are taking action to help mitigate the impacts caused by climate change, which poses risks to our business and our stakeholders. Our approach considers the links between our sustainability goals to reduce emissions—from sourcing of ingredients to packaging to water use.
We aim to reduce our scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions in line with a 1.5°C trajectory by 2035, from a 2019 baseline*. Achieving this ambition requires additional investments in new technologies and renewable sources and working with bottling partners and suppliers to reduce their direct emissions, which are the company’s Scope 3 emissions.
Our sustainability progress across the world
- All of our plastic bottles under 1 litre in NZ are made from 100% recycled plastic (excluding caps and labels) All of our plastic bottles under 1 litre and all of our water bottles in all sizes are made with 100% recycled plastic (excluding caps and labels).
- 62% of our packaging globally is collected for recycling**
- ~1 in 2 Coca‑Cola® purchases in New Zealand have no sugar
- 90% of our packaging globally is recyclable
- Returned 148% of the water used in our finished beverages globally to nature and communities in 2023.