The beverage giant’s metrics for recycled plastic ratios and overall virgin plastic volumes both rose in 2024.
Coca-Cola says 99% of its primary consumer packaging around the world was recyclable in 2024, according to an annual environmental update. That’s an increase from the stagnant 90% it reported for 2022 and 2023.
During most of that 2024 period, Coca-Cola was working toward packaging sustainability targets pegged to 2025 and 2030, which it replaced at the end of last year with goals for 2035. Those goals include using at least 35% recycled material in primary packaging, increasing recycled plastic use to at least 30%, and on the back end collecting at least 70% of the bottles and cans it put on the market.
Coca-Cola reported that in 2024 it increased the rate of recycled content in its primary packaging globally to 28%. PET is its most-used substrate, and 18% of that was recycled PET. Coca-Cola’s total weight of virgin plastic used increased to 2.94 million metric tons in 2024, after declining in 2023 to 2.83 million metric tons.
As for reuse, Coca-Cola reported 14% of total beverage volume was served in reusable packaging.
“The collection and recycling of beverage packaging remains challenging, as every state and country has unique systems, infrastructure, regulatory environments and sets of consumer behaviors. Collective action is needed to support packaging collection infrastructure and policies,” Coca-Cola wrote
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M,Rachal. (24 de September de 2025). Coca-Cola reports jump in packaging deemed recyclable. Food Dive. https://www.fooddive.com/news/coca-cola-environmental-recycled-packaging/760942/