So the drink's finished. All that's left is the empty can or
bottle. Chuck it or recycle it? If there's one thing you can do
that will make the biggest difference to the environment it's to
recycle your pack!
We've calculated the carbon footprint of some of our best loved
products and 30-70% of their CO2 emissions come from the packaging
- recycling reduces this impact massively
Recycling an aluminium can uses only 5% of the energy and
releases only 5% of the CO2 emissions compared to making new
cans
To help people recycle when they are out and about we are
opening 80 Recycle Zones around Great Britain by 2011
The more consumers recycle the more recycled materials there
are for us to use in our packaging
Currently our cans are made from 50% recycled aluminium and our
glass bottles from around 40% recycled glass
In our factories we recycle an average of 97% of our waste so
only 3% goes to landfill. A couple of our factories are
already at 'zero waste' with more on target to get there by
2011.