Coca-Cola Sweden announced that, from 2020, it will make all of its plastic bottles from 100 percent recycled material, becoming the first country worldwide to do so.  The transition will begin in the first quarter of 2020 and includes all plastic (PET) packaging made at Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in Jordbro.

By switching to 100 percent recycled material in its bottles, Coca-Cola will eliminate the use of 3,500 tons of virgin plastic each year in Sweden. This will also result in an annual reduction in CO₂ emissions of 25 percent over pre-transition levels, when the portfolio comprised approximately 40 percent recovered PET.

The move to 100 percent recycled plastics for PET bottles includes the brands Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite as well as Bonaqua, comprising 40 different variants.