{"id":12601,"date":"2024-01-18T04:59:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T04:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=12601"},"modified":"2024-01-23T05:30:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T05:30:57","slug":"coca-cola-india-and-reliance-retail-team-up-for-bhool-na-jana-plastic-bottle-lautana-pet-collection-and-recycling-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/18\/coca-cola-india-and-reliance-retail-team-up-for-bhool-na-jana-plastic-bottle-lautana-pet-collection-and-recycling-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola India and Reliance Retail Team Up for ‘Bhool Na Jana, Plastic Bottle Lautana’ PET Collection and Recycling Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Pilot initiative commenced in 36 Reliance Retail stores in\u00a0Mumbai and\u00a0Delhi<\/em><\/strong>
PET collection and recycling initiative to be expanded to 200 Reliance stores in\u00a0India\u00a0by 2025<\/em><\/strong>
Aims to collect 5,00,000 PET bottles annually in the pilot phase<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coca-Cola India and\u00a0India’s\u00a0largest retailer, Reliance Retail, announced the launch of a sustainability initiative titled\u00a0‘Bhool Na Jana, Plastic Bottle Lautana’<\/em><\/strong>, focused on post-consumer PET collection at Reliance Retail stores in\u00a0Mumbai\u00a0through Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) and collection bins. With a vision for a circular economy, this pilot project, aligned with the Government’s Swachh Bharat Mission, has commenced in 36 Reliance Retail stores including Smart Bazaar and Sahakari Bhandar stores in\u00a0Mumbai\u00a0and\u00a0Delhi, and will expand to 200 stores across the country by 2025 with a target of collecting 5,00,000 PET bottles annually in the pilot phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative was launched in the presence of K<\/strong>azi Irfan, Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Solid Waste Management, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC),<\/strong> at Reliance Retail’s Smart Bazaar store in Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The installed RVMs and collection bins will give consumers a convenient way to deposit used PET bottles in exchange for compelling discounts on Coca-Cola India products. The disposed PET bottles will be collected and recycled by Reliance Industries (RIL), a leader in the recycling of polyester and plastics. This initiative will facilitate smooth waste collection by engaging consumers in responsible waste management – transitioning away from a traditional linear economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on the launch, Mr. Damodar Mall, Chief Executive Officer, Grocery Retail, Reliance Retail Ltd, <\/strong>said, “Indian families have had the habit of not trashing milk pouches, plastic bottles, even newspapers, daily. We clean, collect them, and hand them over to raddiwalas, who in today’s world are the unique front-end army of recyclers. SmartBazaar, as a modern retailer continues to encourage this habit, with modern methods. Our pilot with our store shoppers, with the support of Coca-Cola India and Reliance Industries, is one such attempt we plan to pursue with our wide network of stores<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms. Greishma Singh, Vice President \u2013 Customer and Commercial Leadership, Coca\u2013Cola India and Southwest Asia <\/strong>said, “Through this partnership and platform, we are delighted that we can generate awareness and give shoppers a convenient and engaging way to recycle their PET bottles in return for compelling offers while they are shopping at Reliance stores. Partnerships such as this one built around consumer-centric ideas, we believe, can be a powerful multiplier for progress on collection, recycling, and reuse.” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Hemant D Sharma, President – Growth and Strategy, Polyester, RIL<\/strong>, <\/em>said, “Reliance stands as a trailblazer in sustainability and circularity, leading India’s charge in transforming waste into valuable resources. Recycling 2 billion PET bottles annually, with a plan to scale it to 5 billion, RIL epitomizes a commitment to sustainability that predates current trends and sets the standard for eco-friendly <\/em>manufacturing. For over two decades, RIL has championed recycling post-consumer PET bottles, demonstrating a foresighted dedication to a greener, circular future.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This initiative is a key step toward Coca-Cola’s commitment to collect and recycle the equivalent of 100% of the packaging the company produces as part of its World Without Waste strategy. It will act as an anchor, retaining the sustainability momentum activated by Coca-Cola India’s ‘Return and Recycle’ initiative in collaboration with Zepto which has witnessed participation from 50,000 households in India and the successful RVM installations across 75 cities in the country, collecting 1 Tonne of PET waste.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pilot initiative commenced in 36 Reliance Retail stores in\u00a0Mumbai and\u00a0DelhiPET collection and recycling initiative to be expanded to 200 Reliance stores in\u00a0India\u00a0by 2025Aims to collect 5,00,000 PET bottles annually in the pilot phase Coca-Cola India and\u00a0India’s\u00a0largest retailer, Reliance Retail, announced the launch of a sustainability initiative titled\u00a0‘Bhool Na Jana, Plastic Bottle Lautana’, focused on post-consumer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,64],"tags":[83],"class_list":{"0":"post-12601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-india-south-asia","8":"category-latest-news","9":"tag-cocacola"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12603,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12601\/revisions\/12603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}