Berry Global has announced a new partnership with the world’s biggest soda bottler. WNIN’s John Gibson has the story:
The Evansville-based company says it’s the first plastic packaging manufacturer to supply Coca-Cola with lightweight, tethered caps for its soft drinks in Europe.
Berry says the deal follows a European Union directive for caps to remain intact with the bottle – making it less likely to be littered and more likely to be recycled.
Berry says more than 400 million closures have been successfully applied on Coca-Cola bottling lines in Germany, Spain, and the UK.
The rollout is expected to continue at Coke’s other European plants.
Berry Vice President Thierry Bernet says the so-called PET bottles are the most recycled plastic package type, and the deal has tremendous potential to help the environment.