Sustainability

What we are doing in Australia

Made from 100% recycling plastic excluding cap & label

Our Coca‑Cola bottles below 1L are made with 100% recycled plastic excluding cap & label. By choosing recycled plastic to create new bottles, you're helping to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

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Supporting local recycling plants

Our bottling partner Coca‑Cola Europacific Partners is involved in the Circular Plastics Australia (PET) joint venture, in collaboration with Pact Group, Cleanaway Waste Management and Asahi Beverages. They have invested in two plastic recycling plants across NSW and VIC, which have a combined capacity to recycle the equivalent of 2 billion 600mL PET plastic bottles excluding cap & label each year.

We support bottle deposit schemes

Everyone can get money back on every eligible bottle and recycling via container deposit schemes gives plastic bottles the best chance at another life, keeping plastic out of landfill and waterways.

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We support bottle return schemes so everyone can get money back on every bottle they recycle.
Recycle Me - Again and Again
We partner with Eco Barge Clean Seas to clean up over 10,000kg of marine debris.

How you can help

Can and bottle recycling can look easy, but one of the most common recycling pitfalls is contamination. When food scraps or non-recyclable items end up in the recycling bin it makes it harder for recyclers to clean and sort the material. Always remember to empty and rinse out bottles and cans and think about your nearest Container Deposit Scheme Return point.

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Making recycling fun & easy in iconic places

We’re supporting recycling in some of the country’s biggest events and venues, like Bondi Beach or the Aussie Grand Prix.

With one simple goal: refresh Aussies & make recycling easy, fun & rewarding for them so our bottles can have a second chance.

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Find your nearest Container Deposit Scheme Return Point

Simply click on your state and enter your postcode to find out where to return your eligible bottles and cans to receive 10c per eligible container.

We support bottle deposit schemes

Everyone can get money back on every eligible bottle and recycling via container deposit schemes gives plastic bottles the best chance at another life, keeping plastic out of landfill and waterways.

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 to 100% recycled plastic, excluding cap & label. So used and empty plastic bottles aren’t done when we are. Thanks for recycling.

Eco Barge Clean Seas - Cleaning up the Great Barrier Reef

Since 2018, Coca‑Cola Australia and the Coca‑Cola Foundation have partnered with Eco Barge Clean Seas to remove marine debris from the Reef.

Coca‑Cola in Australia, with support from the Coca‑Cola Foundation, has been partnering with Eco Barge Clean Seas since 2018 to help clean up over 23,000kg* of marine debris from the Great Barrier Reef.

^{*amount collected between Jan 2019 and Nov 2023}

Latest sustainability news

Coca‑Cola partners with The Ocean Cleanup across Southeast Asia

Around the world, rivers carry a huge amount of plastic and other waste into our oceans. The Ocean Cleanup Interceptor is the first scalable solution to prevent plastic waste in the environment, entering the world’s oceans from rivers.

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The Farm Dam Restoration Project with Landcare Australia

Coca‑Cola in Australia has partnered with Landcare Australia to regenerate nine degraded farm dams across South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. The project aims to improve drought resilience, wildlife habitat and water quality.

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The Coca‑Cola Foundation partners with Great Barrier Reef Foundation

A first-of-its-kind project to revive the Great Barrier Reef’s seagrass meadows, a critical habitat for marine life.

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We support bottle return schemes so everyone can get money back on every bottle they recycle.
Recycle Me - Again and Again
We partner with Eco Barge Clean Seas to clean up over 10,000kg of marine debris.

Frequently asked questions

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 Australia all our soft drink and water 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. The best way to do this is via container deposit schemes – which are available across Australia. This means cans and bottles can be taken to collection depots and reverse vending machines around the country, where you can claim a 10-cent refund per container.

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 Since 2022

99% of our packaging globally is recyclable*

^{*Includes our primary consumer packaging, which includes caps and labels, but excludes cups for fountain and dispensed solutions that are purchased by our customers. The Coca‑Cola Company defines a package as recyclable when:}

^{(a) a system and practice is in place for recycling and

(b) multiple regions have a 30% or higher post-consumer recycling rate and collectively represent at least 400 million inhabitants}

In Australia all our soft drink and water plastic bottles under 1 litre are made from 100% recycled plastic (excluding caps and labels)

In 2024 65% of our packaging globally was collected for recycling*

^{*The collection rate represents a weighted average of national collection rates or returnable bottle collection rates for select primary consumer packaging to the Coca‑Cola system’s sales in units to express the percent of equivalent bottles and cans introduced into the market that were collected and refilled or collected for recycling for the year.}

Returned 163% of the water used in our finished beverages globally to nature and communities in 2024

We support bottle return schemes so everyone can get money back on every bottle they recycle.
Recycle Me - Again and Again
We partner with Eco Barge Clean Seas to clean up over 10,000kg of marine debris.
Returned 148% of the water used in our finished beverages globally to nature and communities in 2023.

Our Sustainability Progress (PDF)