What we are doing in the Philippines

Coca‑Cola supports over 6,000 bottle recycling drop off locations around the Philippines

Your local sari-sari stores could be a plastic bottle collection hub.

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100% recycled plastic bottles excl. cap & label

Coca‑Cola 190ml bottles are made from 100% recycled plastic excl. cap & label.

Did you know?

45% of Coca‑Cola sold is in returnable glass bottles.

How you can help

One of the most common recycling pitfalls is contamination. When food scraps or non-recyclable items end up with your empty bottles and cans it makes it harder for recyclers to clean and sort the material. Always remember to empty and separate out bottles and cans.

We're making recycling more accessible

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We have expanded our bottle recycling and collection program 'Tapon to Ipon' with over 6,000 collection hubs now in operation nationwide, the initiative aims to make recycling drop off points more accessible to communities across the Philippines. We're also showing in at festivals across the country to make recycling fun & convenient. Look for our Coke contour bottle-shaped bins!

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Our Coca‑Cola 190ml can become other bottles when you recycle them

In 2023, we transitioned our Coca‑Cola 190ml bottles to 100% recycled plastic, excl. cap & label. So used and empty plastic bottles aren’t done when we are. This is possible thanks to PETValue Philippines, the country’s first food-grade bottle-to-bottle recycling facility located in General Trias, Cavite. It is a joint venture between Coca‑Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines and Indorama Ventures and plays a critical role in turning empty plastic bottles into new ones. Thanks for recycling.

Our returnable glass bottles can have many lives too

Returnable glass bottles remain a staple in local production: it's 45% of Coca‑Cola sold in the Philippines. For decades, Coca‑Cola Philippines has continuously and sustainably operated using their returnable glass bottles which are collected, washed, and reused.

Latest sustainability news

Preventing plastic waste with Plastic Bank

Coca‑Cola Philippines has a partnership with Plastic Bank for the Ecosystem Impact Program. This program helps builds collection and recycling systems in communities to prevent plastic bottles from becoming waste while empowering informal workers.

Improving recycling across Asia with UNPD

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and The Coca‑Cola Foundation have partnered to help address the growing challenge of plastic waste management in Asia, incl. Philippines, and promote recycling so we can reduce plastic leakage into the environment. 

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iStar, our unique partnership with TESDA

Coca‑Cola Philippines continues to support Filipino micro-entrepreneurs: sari-sari store and carinderia partners also earn additional income from selling collected PET plastic bottles directly to waste management companies and recyclers.

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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 the Philippines our Coca‑Cola 190ml bottles are made from 100% recycled plastic (excluding caps and labels).

We continue to work to help collect our bottles and cans hand in hand with our partners so they can be recycled or reused.

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 (PDF)