Washington (Platts)--14Feb2008

US bottler Coca-Cola Company on Wednesday announced a long-term target to
recycle or reuse 100% of the aluminum beverage cans it sells in the US. This
new objective builds on the company's previously announced goal to recycle or
reuse 100% of its PET plastic bottles.

"We have made a commitment to ensure the sustainability -- and
recyclability -- of our packaging," said Sandy Douglas, president, Coca-Cola
North America. Aluminum beverage cans are among the most recycled consumer
products in the US -- one out of every two aluminum cans is recycled today.
Coca-Cola currently uses an average 60% recycled aluminum in its beverage
cans.

Coca-Cola also has continued to invest in recycling programs and
infrastructure. In 2007, the company invested $60 million in a series of
recycling initiatives, including support of RecycleBank's curbside collection
program and the construction of the world's largest PET bottle-to-bottle
recycling plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. When the plant becomes fully
operational in 2009, the company expects it will produce 100 million lb of
recycled plastic each year.

In 2007, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), the world's largest Coca-Cola
bottler, formed Coca-Cola Recycling LLC (CCR) with a mission to recover and
recycle the packaging materials developed and used by the Coca-Cola system.
While the primary beverage container materials -- aluminum and PET -- have
high value as recyclables, not enough are recovered to meet the increasing
demand, said Coca-Cola.

"We established Coca-Cola Recycling to help increase recycling rates in
North America and to ensure that our system has ready access to recycled
material," said John Burgess, president and chief operating officer, Coca-Cola
Recycling. "By the end of 2008, Coca-Cola Recycling will recycle more than 100
million lb each of PET and aluminum."

--Tina Petersen, tina_petersen@platts.com