Pepsi Commits to Boosting Container Recycling

PepsiCo. has announced its plan to promote higher beverage container recycling in the United States. The pronouncement is part of a series of goals the company has announced that cover not only environmental sustainability, but also business performance, nutrition and the well being of its employees.

To accomplish reaching the 50 percent recycling goal by 2018, the company will be creating a number of partnerships.

The commitment was developed in cooperation with Walden Asset Management, a leader in socially responsible investment, and San Francisco-based As You Sow, a foundation which promotes corporate social responsibility through shareholder engagement. 

In order to promote higher rates of beverage container recycling, PepsiCo intends to:

•Work with other U.S. industry leaders to support programs and policies that effectively increase recycling.

•Develop U.S. retail customer and consumer programs that support the recycling of beverage containers.

•Partner with its U.S. bottlers, communities, suppliers, governmental entities and non-governmental organizations in support of innovative efforts to encourage increased recycling.

•Educate consumers on the environmental need to and efficiency of recycling.

•Continue to ensure its primary beverage packaging (aluminum, glass, PET) is recyclable in U.S. recycling systems

•Continue to be the industry leader on the use of recycled content in its primary beverage packaging to ensure a market for recycled beverage containers