The Bulgarian soft drinks manufacturers and water bottling companies have envisioned a fully circular, bottle-to-bottle model for their packages, Jana Velichkova, executive director of the Bulgarian Soft Drinks Association (BSDA), announced at the PRIA Environment Bulgaria conference. The concept developed by BSDA aligns with the targets set by the European directive for collecting 90% of the PET beverage bottles (up to 3 liters) and reusing at least 30% recycled ma...

On April 11, 2022, the PLASTIC PACT Bulgaria initiative was officially presented. It unites branch organizations, companies and state institutions in order to reduce the waste from plastic packaging and the utilization of plastic as a raw material in the circular economy of Bulgaria. Food Drink Bulgaria Association initiated the idea of creating a Bulgarian Pact as part of a growing global network, which currently includes national and regional PlasticsPact in Europe, Aust...

The Spadel group is proud to announce that it has achieved its ambition to become a B Corp certified company. This certification, the result of a long-term endeavour led by all the group’s teams, is granted to companies that meet the highest standards in terms of social and environmental performance, transparency, and responsibility. This is clearly the case with Spadel, which has always been committed to being at the forefront of sustainability and has stated in bla...

The Coca-Cola System in Bulgaria introduces the innovative KeelClip™ packaging technology. The initiative is part of the “World Without Waste” commitment to reduce the use of plastic shrink-wrap by using solutions that are more sustainable and easier to recycle. The plastic shrink-wrap currently used for packaging a multipack of 6 cans will be replaced with the KeelClip™ cardboard technology to which the cans will clip into, minimizing the need for sec...

The introduction of “tethered” caps marks a milestone in Coca-Cola’s sustainable packaging and innovation journey, and is part of the implementation of the new European Directive on single-use plastics The new caps will make it easier to recycle the whole beverage package and is aimed to ensure more plastic bottles are collected with their caps attached Marking another step forward towards Coca-Cola’s vision for a World Without Waste, The Coca-Co...