Coca-Cola excels in water saving

AMID the crippling drought in the Western Cape and with evermore stringent water saving measures being introduced, every drop counts and Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) yesterday highlighted its own efforts, which it said had resulted in a saving of more than 700 million litres of water in recent years in its soft drink production processes. Amalgamated Beverage Industries, now known as CCBSA, is one of South Africa’s largest bottlers set a target in 2010 to reduce the amount of water they use in their soft drink production by 20 percent by the year 2020. The company announced yesterday that it had exceeded its target by almost four years and added that by the end of 2016, it had managed a 30 percent reduction in water usage, having saved 726 million litres of water over the past six years. – ANA