Coca-Cola European Partners introduces paperboard can ring technology

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), a multinational bottling company dedicated to the marketing, production, and distribution of Coca-Cola products, has announced the introduction of CanCollar, an innovative paperboard packaging solution, for multipack cans in Spain. The move supports its work, in partnership with Coca-Cola, to remove all unnecessary or hard to recycle plastic from its portfolio. The company’s move will allow to avoid the use of more than 11,000 tons of virgin plastic a year across Western Europe. The new, PEFC certified¹ recyclable and sustainably sourced paperboard CanCollar in the Balearic Islands in November 2020, a first in Europe. According to CCEP, the innovative packaging design is a core principle of Coca-Cola’s World Without Waste strategy. It is also working with global company WestRock to offer customers with sustainable differentiated packaging solutions. CanCollar technology saves over 18 tons of plastic annually Coca-Cola European Partners will start to use the CanCollar paperboard can ring technology in the Balearic Islands, replacing the current Hi-cone solution and saving over 18 tons of plastic annually. According to the press statement,…

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