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Coca-Cola's Recycling Pilot Offers Cash for Bottles

10/6/2025

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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners launched a recycling pilot at New College Lanarkshire in partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Students earn 20p ($0.27) per bottle or can via reverse vending machines.
A 2023 study links deposit return schemes to higher recycling rates. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners faces scrutiny but pursues a better image; Diet Coke Lime returns October 6 with retro packaging.

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Story summary

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners launched a recycling pilot at New College Lanarkshire in partnership with Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Students earn 20p ($0.27) per bottle or can via reverse vending machines.
A 2023 study links deposit return schemes to higher recycling rates. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners faces scrutiny but pursues a better image; Diet Coke Lime returns October 6 with retro packaging.