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15 Sep 2011

Investment can bring recycling transformation, says Coca-Cola enterprises

Coca-Cola Enterprises has signalled that it is willing to invest further in recycling infrastructure as part of a drive to “transform recycling”.
Speaking at the final day of RWM in partnership with CIWM, Coca-Cola Enterprises commercial recycling manager Nick Brown said that the company would consider investing in recycling infrastructure for cans and glass. The company has already set up a joint venture in place with ECO Plastics for producing recycled PET for use in plastic bottles, which is set to open in May 2012.

Asked if Coca-Cola Enterprises would consider further investments, he said: “We would be interested in investigating similar programmes with glass and cans.”

Nick Brown was talking in the event’s Commerce & Industry Theatre on the final day of the waste and recycling industry’s leading show, which featured more than 650 exhibitors and more than 90 speakers in 72 seminar sessions.

In the talk, entitled “Reducing the Impact of our Packaging: Transforming Recycling”, he outlined how Coca-Cola Enterprises is reducing its environmental impact by educating consumers, improving recycling collections and investing in infrastructure.

Supported by the Environmental Services Association (ESA), RWM in partnership with CIWM is the UK’s biggest event for organisations with an interest in waste and recycling. Formed late last year from the merger of the successful Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition (RWM) and Futuresource shows, it has been designed to inform, improve and inspire organisations. It covers all areas of waste and recycling, from plant, vehicles and equipment to practical advice on how effective waste management can help to cut costs and turn waste into a valuable resource.

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