Sustainability

Packaging

We are promoting the circularity of our packaging through thoughtful packaging design and advocating for smart collections policy.

Keel

We offer beverages in a variety of formats – glass and plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and fountain. Each option can play a role in helping reduce packaging waste and emissions. We are focusing efforts to increase the recyclability of our primary and secondary packaging, remove unnecessary packaging, increase the amount of recycle material, and advocate for smart collection policies in our market.

Design

Partner

Coke Polaroids

Packaging | Design

Liberty was the first Coca-Cola bottler to introduce
bottles made of 100% recycled plastic.

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Goals

By 2025:
  • Make 100% Of Our Packaging Recyclable
  • Virgin Plastic Use - Reduce by 3M metric tons worldwide.
By 2030:
  • Use 50% recycled material in our packaging.
  • 25% Reusable Packaging - At least 25% of beverages will be sold in reusable packaging worldwide.

Actions

100% Recycled Plastic Bottles

In 2021, Liberty became the first Coca-Cola bottler in the US to introduce bottles made of 100% recycle plastic* (*excluding caps and labels). Since 2022, we’ve used 31% recycled content in the plastic packaging we’ve produced.

30% Recycled Plastic in Caps

We were the first Coca-Cola bottler in the world to use 30% recycled content in our caps.

Eliminating Plastic Rings

We were the first Coca-Cola bottler in North America to replace plastic rings with recyclable paperboard carriers in our production centers. The switch is expected to replace ~200k lbs. of plastic rings annually.

Less Plastic in 20-oz Bottles

Our new 20-oz bottles use 15% less plastic.

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Packaging | Partner to Collect

We are eliminating waste in our facilities and
advocating for smart policies to efficiently
increase collection in our communities.

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Goals

By 2030:
  • 100% recycling rate
  • Collect and recycle a bottle or can for each one we sell

Actions

Collect & Recycle

In 2022 We Collected & recycled: 6.9M lbs. of PET, 6.2M lbs. of Aluminum, 1.7M lbs. of Glass

XCyclers

Liberty invested in XCyclers in Elmsford and Philadelphia to recover and bale packaging from full goods destruction and office space recycling. In 2022, we recycled 803k lbs. of containers with our XCyclers, most of which were recycled back into more containers.

1st Bottler To

Close the loop on depositing PET bottles in the USA.

14.8M lbs.

Of containers recycled in 2022 through deposit redemptions, full goods destruction, and office space recycling.

Supporting Well-Designed EPR

Liberty actively engages with lawmakers, particularly in New Jersey, to create well-designed extended producer responsibility systems to support a circular economy for our packaging.

Raising Our Standards

We sent our leaders to Europe to learn more about well-designed EPR systems

A world without waste | Partner

Bringing organizations and people together to support a circular economy. We partnered with The
Coca-Cola Company, Circular Solutions Advisors, EWG Glass Recovery and Recycle Corp to make the
Governors Ball a closed loop event

Wells Fargo Center

Partnering with Wells Fargo Center and Sustainable Solutions to make the arena closed loop

DAK

In July 2021, Liberty became the first bottler in the US to recycle deposit PET back into system supply chain w/ DAK. We’ve also partnered with R3CYCLE to close the loop.

UBS Arena

Partnering with UBS Arena and Circular Solutions Advisors

EWC

Partnering with EWG to pick up and bale our bottles and cans in deposit states.

R3CYCLE

Partnering with R3CYCLE to close the loop.

More Ways We’re
Making A Change

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Reducing GHG Emissions

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Responsible Water Use