Coca-Cola stands by Courtauld Commitment with lightweight PET bottle

Peter Skelton, project manager at the Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap), which leads the Courtauld Commitment, said the plans demonstrated that packaging can be "optimised without affecting customer perception, product quality or safety".

The new bottle will cut the amount of PET packaging Coca-Cola uses by more than 700 tonnes a year.

The first bottles will be produced at the firm's Sidcup facility in September, with Wakefield following in early 2008.

The two plants will produce more than 350 million 24g bottles per year for brands that include Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Fanta, Sprite and Lilt.

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