PepsiCo to introduce bottles made from recycled plastic in its portfolio across ten markets in AMESA region by 2023

PepsiCo to introduce bottles made from recycled plastic in its portfolio across ten markets in AMESA region by 2023

PepsiCo AMESA introduced recycled plastic bottles (rPET) across portfolios in South Africa and Bangladesh and is set to launch rPET in Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, and Pakistan by end of 2022

First large-scale food and beverage company to locally introduce 100% rPET in Qatar and Kuwait in 2022 followed by other GCC countries by 2023

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: PepsiCo is introducing bottles made from recycled plastic[2] in several of the region’s markets across beverage brands like Aquafina and Pepsi. With only 1 country in the region allowing the use of recycled plastic in food and beverage packaging in 2020, PepsiCo continues its journey of policy unlocks aiming to introduce recycled bottles across 10 AMESA countries by 2023. PepsiCo aims to continue its progress towards expanding plastic collection programs to 14 AMESA markets by developing recycling infrastructure through advocacy and partnerships by 2023. The reiterated sustainability commitment comes as PepsiCo marks one year of its strategic, end-to-end transformation, called pep+, which puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how the company will create growth and value. From sourcing ingredients to making and selling its products more sustainably, pep+ connects the future of its business with the future of the planet.

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