Oceana: Future of returnable bottle packaging at risk following the sale of Coca-Coca Philippines
MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana released the following statement from its leader in the Philippines Atty.
- MANILA, Philippines, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oceana released the following statement from its leader in the Philippines Atty.
- “CCEP and Aboitiz Equity Ventures, as the new owners of Coca-Cola Philippines, must address the Philippines’ growing plastic problem by committing to protecting and increasing the use of returnable bottles in the Philippines.
- Any reduction in the share of returnable bottles sold could have a catastrophic impact on the Philippines' rapidly worsening plastic pollution crisis.
- Coca-Cola has failed, in the Philippines, to prioritize or promote reusable packaging such as returnable bottles, despite strong evidence that doing so could reduce single-use plastics.