Coca-Cola Beverages pens down deal with Danish Embassy on Plastic management

BY SAMUEL NABWIISO

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) Uganda has signed Memorandum of Understanding with the Royal Danish Embassy in Uganda to ensure that the country is free of plastic waste.

The Memorandum will support the beverages company vision of seeing that all plastics are collected and recycled by the year 2030. According to the beverage company they plan to work with all stakeholders to help the company in collecting and recycling of all plastic wastes generated in the country.

Speaking at the signing ceremony at the Danish Embassy in Kampala on Thursday, the head of Mission at the Embassy  Majbrit Holm  Jakobsen  applauded the  Coca Cola for coming up with the initiative of keeping Uganda  free from plastic waste  that are  an environmental threat.

The Head of Mission at the  Danish Embassy Majbrit posing in picture after the signing of the deal with the Coca-coal boss in Uganda Niekerk

“Sustainable development and green growth are focus areas of Denmark and the Danish Embassy in Kampala and its companies are leading when it comes to developing of sustainable products and services.  When plastics waste are recycled, more products can be produced and sold on the market; this creates jobs for younger people at the same time cleaning up the environment,” she said.

CCBA Managing Director Conrad Van Niekerk said by recycling plastics will help the beverages company to lower the cost of production since some of the packaging materials are being imported from abroad.

“Food  and beverage packaging  is  an important  part  of our  modern  lives, yet  the world  has a packaging problem  which  CCBA together  with  The Coca-Cola Company have  responsibility  to collect plastics that are significantly global challenge.  That is why as a company, we have are commited to invest in initiatives that save our planet and make the packaging problem a thing of the past through recycling the waste,” he explained.

Van Niekerk added that the partnership will support the government in solving environmental challenges associated with the accumulated plastic waste.

“We want to support the government’s environmental   management objectives by making recycling more accessible for everybody,” he added.

Under the deal, the Embassy of Denmark will ensure that all their employees participate in collecting plastics accumulated in their offices to make the deal successful.