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Current Site: Bulgaria
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Current Site: Bulgaria
We consistently strive to reduce the amount of water and electricity used in our production, and to increase waste recycling rates. We also run one of the most important environmental initiatives in Bulgaria, My Green City, which aims to make our environment greener and more enjoyable for all.
Protecting water sources
Energy and climate
Packaging and recycling
Water is essential for Coca‑Cola HBC Bulgaria, as it is a basic ingredient of our products. Accordingly, the company is very responsible in using this most precious natural resource. Coca‑Cola HBC Bulgaria invests in research, monitoring and predicting water resources especially in the regions hosting our bottling plants.
The company undertakes measures to manage the risks arising from climate change. We focus on energy efficiency improvements in our production facilities, conversion to cleaner sources of energy, reducing emissions throughout the product lifecycle, promoting energy efficiency awareness and initiatives, and adaptation to climate change.
- 100% Green Electricity in Production
In 2023, 100% of the electricity used in our production facilities came from renewable sources, compared to 72% in 2021.
Packaging is indispensable when it comes to providing consumers with high-quality products and protecting these products from contamination. Packaging materials, however, have a heavy environmental footprint. Accordingly, we assess these impacts and work to mitigate them at every lifecycle phase, from production to safe disposal.
Since 2022, our Bankia plant has not landfilled municipal waste. We have contracts in place for the transfer of separately collected waste, and mixed municipal waste is taken to the Mechanical Biological Treatment Plant of the Sofia Municipality, where all separation, preparation for recycling and recovery activities are applied. All of this is the result of our long-term Action Plan to prevent landfilling and thus meet our zero waste targets (Road to Zero Waste in Bankia).
Since 2022, at the Kostinbrod plant, we have achieved a lightweighting of the 1.25 liter PET bottles we use –from 34 grams to 31 grams. At first glance this is only 3 grams, but they make a huge difference on an annual basis, saving 75 tonnes of materials and 165 tonnes of CO2 emissions. We are also implementing a waste action plan at the Kostinbrod plant, where we have improved separate collection and recycling activities to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
We have reduced packaging weight of Bankia PET bottles: