INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES

The Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo are working together to reduce our industry’s plastic footprint through our Every Bottle Back initiative.

We are working in communities where we can have the greatest impact to reduce plastic waste in the environment by investing in state-of-the-art infrastructure upgrades, expanding access to curbside recycling and supporting community education efforts. We’re partnering with local governments, national organizations and community leaders to ensure our investments meet the needs of each community.

Below are some of the efforts we are taking to achieve our goal of getting Every Bottle Back.

Investing $664,000 to improve recycling and collect more than 1.3M lbs. of PET over 10 years by:

  • Providing 41,500 households with new, free curbside recycling carts
  • Educating more than 166,000 residents on how to recycle and cut down on contamination
  • Collecting more than 33 million new pounds of recyclable materials over the next decade

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Investing $3.35M to increase sorting capacity by:

  • Providing four new optical sorters to Eureka Recycling’s materials recovery facility, so that more valuable recyclables have a higher likelihood of being remade into new materials.
  • Supporting more than 60 local recycling jobs, many of which are union jobs

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Investing $256,00 to improve recycling and collect 450k lbs. of PET over the next 10 years by:

  • Providing free, larger-capacity curbside recycling carts to 16,000 households
  • Educating more than 54,000 residents on how to recycle and prevent plastic waste from ending up in the environment

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Investing $25,000 to increase recycling capacity and collect nearly 1.5M lbs. of PET over the next 10 years:

  • Providing 308,000 households with an additional recycling site to drop off traditional and hard-to-recycle materials
  • Educating residents on how to recycle better and decrease contamination

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Investing $185,600  to collect nearly 500K lbs. of PET over the next 10 years:

  • Providing free, larger-capacity curbside recycling carts to more than 11,500 households
  • Educating residents on how to recycle and cut down on contamination

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Investing $560,000 to reduce contamination in the local recycling system and collect over 3.7M lbs. of PET over the next 10 years by:

  • Provided direct feedback to 230,000 households on their recycling habits to help cutdown on contamination
  • Provided recycling cart evaluations, which led to a 21.7% drop in contamination in the local recycling system

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INVESTING nearly $1M  TO COLLECT  NEARLY 3.4M LBS OF PET OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS BY:

  • Providing free curbside recycling carts to 58,000 households
  • Educating residents on best-in-class recycling practices

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INVESTING $56,000 IN A NEW RECYCLING FACILITY EXPECTED TO COLLECT 390K LBS OF PET OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS BY:

  • Building a new drop-off recycling site in the southeastern section of the city
  • Expanding recycling access to 98,938 households
  • Launching an awareness campaign to increase recycling rates and cut down on contamination of recyclable materials.

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INVESTING $225,000 TO MODERNIZE COLLECTION INFRASTRUCTURE AND COLLECT OVER 2M LBS OF PET OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS BY:

  • Expanding curbside recycling to 50,000 households
  • Upgrading the community’s curbside recycling system to standardized 64-gallon recycling carts
  • Educating residents on best-in-class recycling practices

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INVESTING $123,200 TO COLLECT OVER 262K LBS OF PET OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS BY:

  • Expanding curbside recycling to 7,700 households
  • Upgrading the community’s recycling containers to standardized 95-gallon recycling carts
  • Educating residents on best-in-class recycling practices

INVESTING $3M TO UPGRADE RECYCLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND YIELD APPROXIMATELY 10M LBS OF PET OVER 10 YEARS BY:

  • Helping rebuild the Lakeshore Recycling Systems Chicago Materials Recovery Facility from the ground up
  • Enhancing recycling collection and sorting capabilities, which will expand service to at least 431,000 households

INVESTING $139,200 TO UPGRADE RECYCLING PROGRAMS AND COLLECT 157,000 LBS OF PET OVER 10 YEARS BY:

  • Expanding curbside recycling access to 8,700 households
  • Providing residents free, lidded 96-gallon recycling carts
  • Educating residents on best-in-class recycling practices

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INVESTING $97,500 TO COLLECT NEARLY 335,400 LBS OF PET OVER 10 YEARS BY:

  • Expanding curbside recycling access to 6,500 households
  • Providing residents with free, 65-gallon recycling carts

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INVESTING $650,000 TO UPGRADE THE RECYCLING PROGRAM AND COLLECT 963,300 LBS of NEW PET OVER 10 YEARS BY:

  • Providing 50,000 households with free, 32-gallon recycling carts
  • Educating residents on best-in-class recycling practices

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Investing $3M to upgrade recycling programs and collect 3.4M lbs of PET over 10 years by:

  • Expanding curbside recycling access to 162,000 households
  • Providing residents with free, lidded curbside recycling carts
  • Educating residents on recycling through door-to-door outreach and best-in-class materials

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Investing $91,200 to collect 3.4M LBS of new recyclable materials 0ver 10 years by:

  • Expanding curbside recycling access to 5,700 households
  • Upgrading the community’s 32-gallon bins to standardized 96-gallon recycling carts
  • Educating residents on recycling through door-to-door outreach and best-in-class materials

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Investing $55,500 to yield 250K lbs of recycled PET 0ver 10 years by:

  • Providing over 3,700 households with free, 96-gallon carts.
  • Educating residents on recycling through door-to-door outreach and best in-class materials.

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Investing $600,000 to yield 5M lbs of recycled PET over 10 years by:

  • Investing in an equipment upgrade at a local materials recovery facility.
  • Serve about 75,000 households in the county with enhanced sorting of recyclables.

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Investing $141,000 to yield 6.1M lbs of recycled PET 0ver 10 years by:

  • Providing residents with information on increased recycling collection
  • Educating residents on recycling through door-to-door outreach and best in-class materials

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Investing $240,000 to yield 1.1M lbs of recycled PET over 10 years by:

  • Providing 15,000 households with free, 96-gallon carts.
  • Educating residents on recycling through door-to-door outreach and best in-class materials.

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Investing $243,000 to yield 1.58M lbs of recycled PET over 10 years by:

  • Providing 15,200 households with free, 96-gallon carts
  • Educating residents on recycling through door-to-door outreach and best in-class materials

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Investing over $100,000 to yield nearly 1M+ lbs of recycled PET over 10 years by:

  • Providing 6,650 households with 96-gallon curbside recycling carts.
  • Educating residents on recycling through door-to-door outreach and best in-class materials.

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Increasing capacity of recyclables collected by investing $240K to collect 457K+ lbs of PET over 10 years by:

  • Providing 15,000 households with 95-gallon curbside recycling carts.
  • Educating residents on best-in-class recycling practices.
  • Capturing 11.72M pounds of new recyclables over 10 years.

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Preventing plastic waste by investing $336k to collect 1.12M lbs of PET over 10 years by:

  • Providing 21,000 households with 95-gallon curbside recycling carts.
  • Educating residents on best-in-class recycling practices.
  • Capturing over 28.5M pounds of new recyclables over 10 years.

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Expanding access to curbside recycling, yielding 136K lbs of PET over 10 years by:

  • Providing 6,650 households with free, 96-gallon carts
  • Educating residents on recycling through door-to-door outreach and best in-class materials

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Investing $2.5M to produce 600M+lbs of recycled PET over 10 years by:

  • Investing in Evergreen, a local plastic reclaimer and recycled PET manufacturing facility.
  • Doubling the production capacity for food-grade recycled PET and creating new jobs.
  • Creating a strong local market for recycled plastics.

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Expanding the recycling program to collect 1.3M lbs of PET by:

  • Investing $166,000 to upgrade recycling containers for 12,000 households.
  • Capturing 33M pounds of new recyclables over 10 years.
  • Educating residents on best-in-class recycling practices.

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Leveraging $9M to expand curbside recycling and produce 16M lbs of recycled PET over 10 yrs by:

  • Upgrading recycling containers for 205,000 households, increasing collection of recyclables by 80% per household.
  • Delivering educational materials to all participating homes.
  • Supporting greater environmental justice in communities most impacted by litter.

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Investing $115K to help yield 1.3M lbs of recycled PET by:

  • Encouraging 145,000 residents to request free curbside recycling carts.
  • Launching a recycling awareness campaign to increase recycling rates and decrease contamination.

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Investing $500K to produce 1.4M+ LBS of recycled PET over 10 YRS by:

  • Providing higher-capacity recycling containers to 28,000 households.
  • Launching an awareness campaign in communities most impacted by litter.
  • Conducting door-to-door outreach to educate communities on recycling practices.
  • Capturing 35M pounds of new recyclables over 10 years.

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Expanding access to curbside recycling and improving collection, yielding 300K+ LBS of Recycled PET over 10 YRS by:

  • Spending $68,800 to deliver recycling carts to 4,450 households.
  • Distributing educational materials to 66,500 residents.
  • Capturing 8M pounds of recyclables over 10 years.

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Increasing access to curbside recycling, yielding 500K+ LBS of PET over 10 YRS by:

  • Investing $116,800 to deliver recycling carts to 7,300 households.
  • Ensuring materials collected are recycled and remade within 300 miles to sustain a local circular economy.
  • Assisting residents of Central Ohio with tips on how to navigate the new collection process.

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Investing $800K that will result in the collection of 7M LBS of PET over 10 YRS by:

  • Rebuilding a materials recovery facility (MRF) that sorts valuable recyclable materials.
  • Upgrading the infrastructure and equipment needed to keep valuable recycled materials in circulation locally.
  • Efficiently capturing 100% recyclable materials through curbside recycling, yielding an estimated 284M pounds of new material over 10 years.

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Investing $520K to upgrade an outdated recycling system, producing 2.1M additional LBS of Recycled pet by:

  • Providing 32,000 households with 96-gallon curbside recycling carts.
  • Educating residents on recycling through door-to-door outreach and best-in-class materials.

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Launching a new curbside recycling program to produce 5.8M LBS OF RECYCLED PET over 10 YRS by:

  • Increasing access to curbside recycling for 35,000 households.
  • Providing free curbside recycling containers and education materials to participating households.

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Investing $3M to produce 3M+ LBS of RECYCLED PET annually by:

  • Expanding curbside recycling to 50,000 Dallas residents in multi-family homes.
  • Investing in state-of-the-art upgrades for Balcones Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
  • Supporting education efforts for 232,000 residents of Fort Worth and 230 communities in North Texas.

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