PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) announced new paperboard designs that would be introduced in the United States later this year in a planned, regional approach. It will replace plastic rings on beverage multipacks in the United States and Canada with recyclable paper-based designs.
The transition to paperboard to stop plastic rings
PepsiCo will use paperboard wraps and paperboard clips for its multipacks in place of traditional plastic rings. (photo: PepsiCo)
This builds upon PepsiCo’s progress in Canada where the transition to paperboard is beginning to roll out. PepsiCo will use paperboard wraps and paperboard clips for its multipacks in place of traditional plastic rings. This conversion to more sustainable packaging will include brands like Pepsi, Pepsi Zero, MTN DEW, Starry, Gatorade, amongst others. It will also include 7Up in Canada. The new packaging is easy to implement on shelf for customers, has consumer-friendly branded-design, is made from recycled materials and is recyclable.
This innovation will drive progress toward PepsiCo’s ambitious pep+ goals to reduce virgin plastic from nonrenewable sources per serving across our global beverage and convenient foods portfolio by 50% by 2030.(1) As a result of this transition, PepsiCo will eliminate millions of pounds of plastics from its packaging in North America over the coming years while continuing to enable packaging circularity.
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The paperboard design will replace plastic rings on beverage multipacks. (photo: PepsiCo)
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $86 billion in net revenue in 2022, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay’s, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo’s product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is their vision to be the global leader in beverages and convenient foods by winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive).
pep+ is their strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how they will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people.
(1) vs. 2020 baseline