All PepsiCo beverage brand Lipton bottles to be 100% recycled plastic by April 2021

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All Lipton bottles in 100% recycled plastic by April 2021
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15.04.2021
Source:  Company news

Following PepsiCo's announcement late last year that it will be the first beverage company in Germany to use only 100% recycled plastic (rPET) in all its beverage bottles by the end of 2021, the world's second-largest food company is meeting its target much sooner with its Lipton brand. From April 2021, all bottles in the entire iced tea range will be made from 100% rPET. This puts Lipton at the top of the sustainability agenda for the Group, which has invested around seven million euros in Germany alone to drive forward its packaging strategy.

With its Lipton beverage brand, PepsiCo is already achieving this important milestone in its sustainability agenda. For example, on Global Recycling Day, PepsiCo announced that all bottles in its entire iced tea range will be fully converted to 100% rPET from April 2021. This puts Lipton in a pioneering role in the plastic debate in this country. Over the course of the year, all of the Group's carbonated beverages, such as the Pepsi, Pepsi Max and Schwip Schwap brands, will follow suit.

With the holistic switch to rPET, PepsiCo will save 15,000 metric tons of new plastic per year, or a CO2 equivalent of 28,500 metric tons. That's the equivalent of about 12.42 million Lego bricks or the annual CO2 emissions of 6,200 cars.

Results from a 2019 internal PepsiCo consumer study demonstrate consumers* desire for large manufacturers to take more responsibility and invest in sustainable solutions - as PepsiCo is currently doing with its transformation of its PET bottle range towards 100% rPET. The study also highlights the problem that plastic-free shopping in regular grocery stores is not yet sufficiently feasible for consumers. This is where Lipton comes in and will visibly indicate the use of 100% rPET on the bottle label.

"The switch to 100% rPET is very important for Pepsi Lipton Tea Venture and PepsiCo in Germany. We are pleased to be the first brand to fully implement our ambition into a sustainable transformation of the beverage industry with Lipton," said Weiwei Yao, CEO Pepsi Lipton Tea Venture. "We are committed to driving the vision of a closed-loop economy with maximum bottle-to-bottle recycling in the coming months and making it a reality for all PepsiCo brands by the end of the year."

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