Coca-Cola celebrates World Environment Day

As part of Coca-Cola's global commitment to sustainability of resources, Coca-Cola Sri Lanka celebrated World Environment Day on 5 June 2013. The company planned its celebrations around environmental conservation and protection by organising a PET collection initiative, a debate competition for students and creating awareness on climate protection.

The Company commemorated World Environment Day 2013 by handing over 33 PET collection bins to the Kaduwela Education Zone, to encourage students to collect and recycle plastic waste. Coca-Cola Sri Lanka began the 'Give Back Life' project five years ago on World Environment Day in 2008 to support plastic recycling.

The project which is being worked out in partnership with the Central Environmental Authority (CEA), the Biyagama Education Division and Kalhari Enterprises, Coca-Cola is taking the mission one step further by inculcating the habit of recycling amongst school children.

The first bin was handed over symbolically to W.L.R.K. Wijerathne, Principal, Munidasa Kumarathunge Vidyalaya, Kaduwela by Abhishek Jugran, Country Manager Sri Lanka and Maldives, Coca-Cola Far East Limited. Also present at the event were Palitha Gamage, Programme Officer, National Post Consumer Plastic Waste Management Project, Central Environmental Authority, Aruni Premathilake, Assistant Director, Central Environmental Authority, P.H.C. Manel, Divisional Environmental Officer, Central Environmental Authority,Kaushalya Rajapakse, Managing Director, Kalhari Group and Neelika Tillekeratne, Public Affairs and Communications Manager, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka Limited

Speaking at the event, Abhishek Jugran, Country Manager Sri Lanka and Maldives, Coca-Cola Far East Limited, stated" Coca-Cola believes in giving back to the communities in which it operates.