Spotlight Target Area: Packaging
Britvic Ireland is committed to the circular economy and is working towards ensuring
its packaging never becomes waste. All Britvic Ireland’s packaging is 100% recyclable.
The company is investing in recycled PET and supports the need for a well-run
deposit retention scheme increasing the collection rate of beverage containers
and underpinning access to quality recycled materials. Britvic Ireland will use over
50% recycled PET across its brand portfolio by 2025. Britvic are also on a journey to
reduce packaging weight per serve by 20% by 2025. The recent Ballygowan relaunch
switching to lighter bottles made from 100% recycled PET removed c1,500 tonnes of
virgin plastic from the market and makes Ballygowan, bottled at source in Newcastle
West Co. Limerick, Ireland’s most sustainable water brand. The Ballygowan factory is
powered by 96% renewable energy and is on trajectory to be carbon positive by 2025.
