Coca-Cola Botswana drops water usage with P220 million effluent plant

Coca Cola PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Coca Cola PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Coca-Cola Beverages Botswana (CCCB) has pumped a $22 million (P220million) investment into a new effluent plant which will help to reduce the amount of water used to produce the company’s products, re-use water from effluent for the facility’s cooling towers and monitor water usage to help reduce waste.

In another initiative designed to build a more sustainable business, the company is also reducing the amount of plastic used in its packaging through ‘light weighting’, or making lighter plastic bottles.

CCCB has already shaved 3.7g off its 2 litre bottles, 5.1g off its 600ml packs and 2.75g off its one litre packs in a process of continuous improvement. The company has also launched a PET plastic collection programme through a P150,000 investment, in collaboration with Cleanico Waste Management Company, with a goal of collecting and recycling 30% of the plastic it produces by the end of the year.

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