FMCG company plastic packaging volumes 2022

In 2022, The Coca-Cola Company used approximately 3.43 million metric tons of plastic packaging for its products worldwide - an increase from the previous year. As one of the most popular brands worldwide, it is perhaps unsurprising that Coca-Cola generates three million metric tons of plastic packaging waste annually.

Annual plastic packaging volume used by select companies worldwide from 2020 to 2022 (in million metric tons)

Characteristic	2020	2021	2022
The Coca-Cola Company*	2.96	3.22	3.43
PepsiCo	2.35	2.5	2.6
Nestlé	1.27	0.92	0.93
Danone	0.72	0.73	0.76
Unilever**	0.69	0.71	0.7
Henkel	0.35	0.34	0.31
Colgate-Palmolive	0.29	0.28	0.26
Mars, Incorporated	0.18	0.2	0.21
L’Oréal	0.14	0.14	0.15
Mondelez	0.19	0.12	0.19
SC Johnson	0.09	0.09	0.81
Kellogg	0.07	0.06	0.67
FrieslandCampina	0.07	0.05	0.42
Diageo	0.04	0.04	0.42
Essity	0.04	0.04	0.4

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

FY 2018 and FY 2022

Supplementary notes

*Reporting for Coca-Cola is for PET consumer-facing primary plastic packaging only; **Reporting for Unilever is for primary and secondary plastic packaging in 27 markets that represent 83% of turnover.

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