Coca‑Cola joins forces with The Ocean Cleanup
Coca‑Cola is supporting The Ocean Cleanup in Southeast Asia to help prevent plastic waste flowing from local rivers into the world’s oceans.
Watch Voices of the Klang
“Voices of the Klang" is a documentary-style short film spotlighting the partnership between Coca‑Cola, The Ocean Cleanup, Selangor Maritime Gateway, and partners to combat plastic pollution in Malaysia’s Klang River. At the heart of this effort is The Interceptor™, an innovative system, including a solar-powered vessel that removes waste from the River Klang before it reaches the ocean. The collected waste is then sent to a newly built sorting facility where it can be sorted and given a second life. Through the voices of locals, each uniquely connected to the river and working together to shape a better future, the film highlights how this collaboration is helping to restore ecosystems, protect biodiversity, and improve the lives of communities along its banks.
The Ocean Cleanup has currently deployed two Interceptors in Malaysia on the Klang River
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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.