How does Coca‑Cola support The Ocean Cleanup

We have partnered with The Ocean Cleanup across Southeast Asia for four years. Our teams support The Ocean Cleanup locally – including in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand to drive awareness of the Ocean Cleanup's mission and supporting broader connections. 

In Malaysia we have also supported the launch of the waste sorting facility helping collected waste have another life. 

Vietnam
Can Tho River
Interceptor 003

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The Can Tho River, Vietnam was one of the first rivers selected under the global partnership between the two organisations announced in June 2021. Positioned downstream from the popular Can Tho floating market in the Mekong Delta region, the initial success of Interceptor003 has made it a blueprint for projects on other rivers around the world. Beyond financial support, The Coca‑Cola Company has contributed to The Ocean Cleanup in Vietnam including driving on-the-ground awareness of the project and its mission, advocating for the project locally and providing waste management advice.

Bangkok, Thailand
Chao Phraya River
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Bangkok, Thailand Sungai Chao Phraya – Interceptor 019

The Bangkok interceptor is part of a wider research partnership to understand and tackle plastic pollution in one of the world’s busiest working rivers. Since launch the project has removed 194 tonnes, creating 13 jobs. 

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

We care about the impact of every drink we sell. Working together with The Ocean Cleanup in Southeast Asia, the partnership is about supporting technology that trials innovative solutions to help prevent plastic waste flowing from rivers into the world’s oceans. We want to address the entire lifecycle of our packaging – from how it’s designed, to how it’s collected, recycled, and reused. 

Intercepting pollution in rivers is crucial to help avoid  pollution from entering the oceans, which primarily comes from these waterways annually. This proactive approach  is vital for preventing further damage to marine ecosystems, which provide significant economic and environmental benefits. 

The interceptor also works to monitor and understand the flow of plastic waste in the river. Coca‑Cola is also working to tackle ‘upstream’ solutions such as helping drive broader actions around infrastructure and policies that can support collection and recycling.

We don’t want to see our bottles and packages end up where they don't belong including oceans and rivers. In addition to marine cleanups, Coca‑Cola is continuing to work to help collect our bottles and cans so they can be recycled or reused. Collective action is needed to support packaging collection infrastructure and policies, that are commonly linked to plastic pollution. Find out more about our actions in Malaysia Coca‑Cola Malaysia is also one of the founding members of the Malaysian Recycling Alliance (MAREA).

We have partnered with The Ocean Cleanup across Southeast Asia for four years. Our teams support The Ocean Cleanup locally – including Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand to drive awareness of the Ocean Cleanup mission with media and stakeholder events and supporting broader industry connections.

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