Responsible Business Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 12
The road to netzero
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THE ROAD TO
We respect the environment continued
N E T-Z E R O
Packaging
We believe that packaging should be treated
by all as a valuable resource and recycled,
not discarded as litter or waste.
100% of our Barr Soft Drinks and FUNKIN
packaging is recyclable with clear on-pack
recycling messages. As part of our No Time to
Waste programme we are now working across the
whole Group to align our packaging recyclability.
We continually seek to reduce the amount of
packaging we use and our No Time To Waste
plastic and packaging workstream has
established a clear strategy with a long-term
goal of 100% circular packaging. This means a
future where packaging is reduced, recycled
and reused and supports our commitment to
the UK Plastics Pact, of which we became
signatories in 2022.
Reducing the environmental footprint of our
packaging will be a critical part of our journey
to reach net-zero.
P L A S T I C
Following the introduction of 100% recycled
plastic (rPET) into all of our IRN-BRU and
Rubicon 500ml bottles in 2022, saving over
2,000 tonnes of virgin plastic every year, we
are proud to have added further rPET into our
portfolio during 2023. This was achieved at our
Milton Keynes site where every plastic bottle
produced now contains at least 30% rPET.
We have retained our goal of having our full
portfolio in 100% rPET by the end of the 2025
calendar year, however this is an area that we
keep under regular review. The availability of
appropriate quality food grade recycled plastic
remains an ongoing issue across the food and
drink industry, in the UK and beyond.
While consumers increasingly understand the
need to recycle, plastic bottle caps are often
found as litter. As a responsible manufacturer
we are moving to new designs that have our
plastic bottle and carton caps connected to the
pack after opening. This means the whole pack
– container and cap – can be recycled together.
A N D
PA C K A G I N G
H I G H L I G H T
Cap attached
plastic bottles
Introduction of first cap attached plastic
bottles with associated plastic lightweighting
at our Milton Keynes site – this saves over
100 tonnes of virgin plastic – the weight
of around 20 adult elephants.
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We produced our first attached cap bottles
at our Milton Keynes site in the latter part
of 2023 and aim to convert the majority of
our soft drinks portfolio by the end of 2024.
The new plastic bottle design brings an
associated plastic lightweighting benefit,
with a current annual virgin plastic
reduction of over 100 tonnes for bottles
produced at Milton Keynes.
Our ambitious commitments are being
delivered through our No Time To
Waste environmental sustainability
programme, which brings together
our net-zero, plastic and packaging,
waste, water and sustainable sourcing
workstreams. No Time To Waste is
central to the achievement of our
science-based targets and we were
pleased to bring both Boost and
MOMA into the programme during
the year.
Further information is available within
our TCFD disclosures.