Since 2008, the weight of 500 ml PET bottles of the various Coca-Cola brands has decreased by 30%, from 28.9 g to 19.9 g. The new lighter weight neck design will to save a further 1g of plastic per bottle, equivalent to a total of 6,800 tonnes of plastic by the end of 2024.
This is part of the effort to reduce the amount of fossil-based plastic in packaging and reduce packaging. The goal is to use three million tonnes less new plastic from fossil-based sources by 2025. In addition to weight reduction, measures on the way to "A world without waste", The Coca-Cola Company's vision, include the elimination of hard-to-recycle materials and innovations in refillable and dispensed solutions.