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Coca Cola Pushes Ahead with Further rPET Transitioning

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US beverage titan Coca Cola announced this week that it will continue to press ahead with plans to transition further away virgin oil-based plastic. They have committed to using only 100% recycled plastic (rPET) in two more markets; the Netherlands and Norway.

The company’s decision to move towards a closed-loop recycling program will be facilitated via local deposit return schemes in both countries.

Big Reduction In Carbon Footprints

As of October this year, Coca Cola announced that it will produce 100% recycled plastic bottles (small) for its brands, including Sprite and Fanta. They aim to do the same for large bottles as of 2021.

In the Netherlands, Coca Cola forecasts the move to help reduce plastic waste by 10,000 tonnes annually. This will reduce its carbon footprint by 21%. In Norway, the move should help eliminate plastic waste by 4,300 tonnes, reducing its carbon footprint by 28%.

Announcing the news, Joe Franses, the VP of sustainability at Coca-Cola European Partners said:

“Today’s announcement that Coca-Cola European Partners Netherlands and Coca-Cola European Partners Norway are making the switch to 100% rPET marks a vitally important step forwards on our journey to eliminating new virgin oil-based plastic across all our plastic bottles within a decade.”

He went on to say:

“Crucially, this announcement provides a compelling case for the role that deposit return schemes can play in the creation of local circular economies for beverage packaging. Markets with well-designed DRS such as those in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Norway not only have high collection rates but also have the capacity to collect a higher grade of material with less contamination.”

Q2 Earnings Lift Sentiment

The news is broadly viewed as positive and should help increase Cola Cola’s popularity. On the other hand, shares in the company are trading lower by over 2% pre-market on Wednesday.

However, share prices remain well into the highs of the post-lockdown recovery. The company extended gains seen on a positive set of Q2 earnings.

Coca-Cola posted Q2 earnings per share of $0.41, beating Wall Street estimates of $0.40. This is despite them noting great difficulty over the quarter as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coca Cola Shares Retesting Broken Highs

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Shares in Coca Cola continue to trade well above the broken bearish trend line from 2020 highs. Price has recently broken out above the 49.84 level.

The market is currently retesting the level from above. If it holds as support it keeps the focus on a continued rally and an eventual break of the 51.55 level.

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