Tethered caps become mandatory

Changeover for consumers and manufacturers

11-Jan-2024 - From summer 2024, all lids on single-use plastic beverage containers with a volume of up to 3 liters must remain firmly attached (tethered caps). This is stipulated by the European Union's Single-Use Plastics Directive 2019/904. With the complete changeover this year, consumers will become more ...

Pushers, overcrowded trains and phone zombies

Sprite presents the world's first vending machine that responds to the things that bother Generation Z the most

23-Nov-2023 - Coughing with your mouth open, tailgaters in the queue and not saying "thank you" when you hold the door open for someone: these are just some of the everyday annoyances that drive Generation Z up the wall, according to a new study by Sprite GB. 21 percent said they get upset when someone listens ...

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners collaborates with Sidel to successfully transition to tethered caps and lighter bottle

21-Jun-2023 - When Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) took the decision to introduce tethered caps for its PET bottles to boost collection and recycling and prevent litter, Sidel utilised its expertise in this field to support CCEP with the transition. Required to implement the changes by July 2024 in line ...

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners makes further investment in recycling technology to accelerate the elimination of virgin plastic in its bottles

17-May-2023 - Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is accelerating its ambition to eliminate virgin oil-based plastic from its bottles through an investment in scaling technology that offers a new lease of life for hard-to-recycle plastic polyester waste, and creates high quality rPET for food and drink ...

Coca-Cola Germany starts converting beverage caps for all non-refillable PET bottles

Implementation of an EU requirement that caps must remain on the bottle

03-Nov-2021 - From the beginning of November 2021, Coca-Cola in Germany will begin the gradual changeover to new caps on all non-refillable PET bottles. In doing so, Coca-Cola is implementing an EU requirement that plastic beverage caps on non-refillable bottles must remain on the bottle after opening by July ...

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announces its two first carbon neutral manufacturing sites

The certification of the sites in Jordbro in Sweden and Vilas del Turbón in Spain, marks an important step in CCEP’s Net Zero 2040 ambition

02-Sep-2021 - Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is announcing that two of its manufacturing sites have been certified as carbon neutral[1]. The sites at Jordbro in Sweden and Vilas del Turbón in Spain are CCEP’s first carbon neutral sites, and are part of a pilot programme that aims for at least six CCEP ...

Coca-Cola European Partners invests in multi-beverage dispensing company Lavit

Investing in new technology that lets consumers make and pour their drink at the push of a button

16-Dec-2020 - Coca-Cola European Partners(CCEP), the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler, has completed an investment in Lavit, a leadingmaker of multi-beverage, counter-topdispensing machines. Using globally patented technology, the Lavit system lets consumers make and pour their drink in ...

Fair tea from Coca Cola

Honest organic tea uses Fairtrade certified tea

01-Dec-2020 - Coca-Cola, the largest German beverage producer, has been using Fairtrade produced tea for the production of its Honest Organic Tea range since the beginning of the second half of the year. The "Green Tea Lemon Honey" variety was the first to do so. Also for the varieties "Black Tea Raspberry ...

Coca-Cola European Partners announces it has made a non-binding proposal to acquire Coca-Cola Amatil Limited

28-Oct-2020 - The Board of Directors of CCEP: has made a non-binding offer to acquire 69.2% of the entire existing issued share capital of CCL, which is held by shareholders other than The Coca-Cola Company (“Independent Shareholders”), to be effected by means of a scheme of arrangement; and has entered into ...

CCEP Ventures to partner with Innovative Tap Solutions

CCEP Ventures will take a 25% stake in Chicago-based ITS, dba PourMyBeer

10-Sep-2020 - CCEP Ventures, the investment arm of Coca-Cola European Partners, has acquired a 25% stake in ITS – the creators of technology that enables consumers to pour their own beverages and increase efficiencies for the hospitality industry. Branded Strategic Hospitality, an investment & solutions ...