COCA-COLA PHILIPPINES LAUNCHES NEW 100% rPET BOTTLES 

September 8, 2023


Major step to support a circular economy for plastic packaging in the Philippines through new “May Ikabobote Pa” consumer engagement initiative  
 
   
MANILA, Philippines, 8 September 2023 – Coca-Cola Philippines is taking another meaningful step toward a circular economy for plastic packaging by introducing more bottles made from 100% recycled PET plastic (rPET), excluding caps and labels. The rPET packaging is now available for Coca-Cola Original in 190ml and 390ml and Wilkins Pure in 500ml, in addition to Sprite 500ml, which was introduced in 2019.  


Four brands of Coca-Cola Philippines are now in packaging made from 100% recycled plastic: Coca-Cola 190ml, Coca-Cola 390ml, Wilkins 500ml, and Sprite 500ml that was introduced to the market in 2019.

Coca-Cola has launched at least one brand in bottles made from 100% rPET in more than 40 countries around the world such as Indonesia, Myanmar, and Vietnam. Coca-Cola’s rPET bottles maintain high-quality standards that consumers expect from the company and comply with local regulations as well as The Coca-Cola Company’s strict global standards for food-grade rPET packaging. 

Coca-Cola Philippines has also established over 2,800 recycling drop-off points across the country, making it more convenient for consumers to return their empty bottles. The initiative encourages consumers to join recycling efforts, helps small store owners grow their businesses, and helps prevent plastic waste from ending up where it is not supposed to be.
  
Additionally, the company's collaboration with Plastic Bank Philippines has led to the activation of 38 recyclable waste collection branches in Cavite and Laguna. Since 2021, the partnership resulted in the collection of 546,000 kilograms of post-consumer bottles for recycling while also enhancing the livelihood of informal waste sector workers. 

“Coca-Cola recognizes that the plastic waste problem in the Philippines is both urgent and complex. Therefore, it will take a collaborative effort to solve this issue. In line with our commitment to helping build a circular economy in the country, we are working to offer innovative packaging design, expand collection and recycling programs, and forge strategic alliances with stakeholders—including government agencies, industry partners, and local organizations,” Coca-Cola Philippines President Tony del Rosario said. 

“We will also use our brand power to engage consumers in collection and recycling initiatives and build awareness that used plastic bottles can have many lives,” he added. 
Coca-Cola Philippines is working to further increase the amount of recycled content used in its plastic packaging by building a sustainable pipeline of high-quality recycled material. Its bottling partner, Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI), established PETValue Philippines through a joint venture with Indorama Ventures, a global leader in green technology and packaging solutions. This pioneering bottle-to-bottle recycling facility started operations in October last year and is expected to recycle 2 billion pieces of collected post-consumer PET plastic bottles per year. 
These initiatives are aligned with The Coca-Cola Company’s ambitious sustainable packaging strategy, where it aims to make 100% of its packaging recyclable globally by 2025, use at least 50% recycled plastic in its packaging by 2030, collect and recycle the equivalent of every can and bottle it sells by 2030, and bring people together to support a healthy, debris-free environment. 

CCBPI proudly shared its growing plastic bottle collection network through the strong support of its partners— “Tapon to Ipon: Basta Klaro, Panalo!” has already reached 170 cities and municipalities and is growing. CCBPI has inked partnerships with more local government units, including the Province of Iloilo, Davao del Sur, and Camiguin for large-scale collection.

“At CCBPI, we always say that we are only as strong as the communities we serve. Everything we do builds on our promise to create a more sustainable future for Filipinos,” shared Gareth McGeown, President and CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc. “We always strive to set higher standards for the industry, but more importantly for ourselves—because we know we need to do more, and you have our commitment that we will do more. We are thankful for the support of our partners in helping give our bottles many more lives."

MAY IKABOBOTE PA: A NEW CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVE 
On top of the announcement of the new Coca-Cola Original and Wilkins Pure 100% rPET bottles, the company has launched “May Ikabobote Pa”, its new consumer engagement initiative to inform and engage consumers about the actions they can take to recycle their empty plastic bottles. 
May Ikabobote Pa will be brought to life through the following activities, which are also intended to inspire action from consumers and like-minded organizations: 
● New rPET labels: Coca-Cola and Wilkins Pure bottles made from 100% food-grade rPET, excluding caps and labels, now have a call to action “Recycle Me Again” message on their labels. A QR code that will lead to information about the company’s recycling program is also included on each label. 
● Enhanced consumer recycling experiences: Engaging activities on recycling will be featured at Coca-Cola’s on-ground events. 
● Digital-led communications for consumers: Coca-Cola Philippines will partner with groups and community leaders to co-create educational content for a wider audience and advocate for sustainable practices. 
● Partnership with 7-Eleven and Shell: The company is partnering with 7-Eleven stores and Shell stations to create programs that make recycling more convenient and rewarding for consumers. 
These activities are meant to bring people together and remind consumers about the importance of recycling their empty plastic bottles because #MayIkabobotePa (Bottles Can Have Many Lives). 




Coca-Cola Philippines President Tony del Rosario announces the launch of “May Ikabobote Pa”, the company's newest consumer engagement initiative that aims to make recycling more convenient and engaging in the Philippines. Coca-Cola Philippines has more than 2,800 collection drop-off points across the country where consumers can return their empty bottles for recycling. An on-pack QR code that will lead to the Coca-Cola Sustainability Hub is also included on the labels of the new Coca-Cola bottles made from 100% recycled plastic.


From left to right: Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Incorporated President and CEO Gareth McGeown,
Sustainability Champion Andi Eigenmann, Coca-Cola Philippines President Tony del Rosario, Ms. Universe Philippines 2018 and Environment Advocate Catriona Gray, and DENR Undersecretary Juan Miguel Cuna leading the launch of
 “May Ikabobote Pa” consumer engagement initiative
TAPON TO REBORN: COCA-COLA PHILIPPINES EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM 
In line with Coca-Cola’s global commitment to sustainability, Coca-Cola Philippines has launched an employee engagement program, “Tapon to Reborn”, to encourage and enable its employees nationwide to become active participants in helping address the plastic waste problem in the country.  

“Tapon to Reborn” encourages employees to collect, segregate, and bring their empty PET bottles, cans, and beverage cartons to the office for recycling. The bottles are then sent to partner recycling facilities, including the CCBPI-supported PETValue PET bottle recycling plant, where they can become new bottles.  
The initiative aims to collect and sell 500 kilograms of PET bottles and cans. The proceeds of the collection will be used to support reforestation efforts in the Lagadlarin Mangrove Forest and Sierra Madre Forest. 
For more information on the sustainability initiatives of Coca-Cola Philippines, visit the Coca-Cola Sustainability Hub at coca-cola.com/ph/en/brands/coca-cola/sustainability or follow the company’s social media channels: @CocaColaPhilippines on Facebook and @cocacolaph on Twitter and Instagram

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"A Secret Affair" To Remember





Are secrets really bound to be disclosed? Have you experienced sharing the most discrete part of your life to someone? Do you have enough guts to reveal your secrets to the person you dearly love? Or let’s put it this way, have you had “A Secret Affair,” that you’ve been dreading it might come out and would greatly affect your relationship?

It all just started with one “casual sex.” And after that very daring and lustful encounter of Sam (Andi Eigenman) and Anton (Derek Ramsay), the inevitable complication has begun, as if fate was playing a game on the main characters of the story, including Rafi (Anne Curtis).

Derek Ramsay as Anton


Anne Curtis as Rafi and Andi Eigenmann as Sam

If we’re just going to base our impression of the movie, “A Secret Affair,” from the series of trailers per se, one might say it was a sort of “copy cat” from the previous box-office hit movie, “No Other Woman,” that was shown last year with Anne Curtis as the other woman, Cristine Reyes as the legal wife and the “Universal leading man,” Derek Ramsay as the man torn between two beautiful women (oh boy, he was really that lucky huh!). But this is a different story of love triangle, I bet you. 

You know guys, you really have to be there inside the theater and experience the thrill and excitement and hear those wonderful and remarkable exchange of lines between the characters of the story; each of them had shown superb acting most especially Ms. Jaclyn Jose, who until now, doesn’t fail to impress the audience with her own style. Check out her striking line... “Shut up! Bitch ka lang, ako super bitch!” hahaha love it! :)):)) I became more observant of the lines being delivered by Anne and Andi. It was so impressive how they deliver it with grace, timing, confidence and wit and it was kinda funny too, kudos to them. :))

Ms. Jaclyn Jose during the movie's presscon


Just to name few of my fave lines, Anne told Andi in one of their confrontations while they were at the car park of a certain mall: “Alam mo girl, kulang ka lang sa kape, alam mo kung saan masarap magkape? Sa burol mo!” And another scene in a cafe- Rafi to Sam: “Sana lang maipasa na ‘yung Rh Bill para hindi na ipinapanganak ang mga taong katulad mo.” I don’t intend to pre-empt the curiosity in you guys but I can’t help to share you Rafi’s very emotional line to Anton during their confrontation scene- “Ano ‘yun, masasabi mo bang you were physically unfaithful but emotionally faithful to me?!” Don’t you find it very intriguing and interesting? :))

Andi and Anne at the car park confrontation scene


In all fairness to Andi Eigenman, she was really effective in her role as a stubborn, bratty, self-centered girl who only wanted to be loved and give love to the man she thought was the one for her. She’d risk everything to get him (Anton) and win him over Rafi even if it would cause harm and affect their friendship. It reminds me of Andi’s very possessive and obsessive character in the on-going ABS-CBN’s Kapamilya teleserye, “Kahit Puso’y Masugatan,” no wonder she is so much at ease with that type of role, she did justice to it and proved to be very effective in “bitchy” stuffs.

I couldn’t help but share with you one of the most thrilling scenes from the movie, I call it the “I’ll Shut Up If You’ll Kiss Me” scene. OMG! That was so breathtaking! One piece of advice, don’t ever close your eyes on this scene. You want hint? Fire Exit hihi

Social media is really becoming more relevant and apt in our community. In one part of the movie, I’m pretty sure you’ll enjoy Rafi and Sam’s exchange of views, rants and shoutouts utilizing social networks like Twitter and Facebook. It was so practical and very realistic! I had a great laugh while watching; for it was so artistically done, and again, kudos to the creative team, it was so entertaining and outrageous, believe me and you better check that out!

The ever gorgeous Anne, remember this pic ;)


"Bitchy and daring" Sam played by Andi


Aside from the sexy, steamy and sizzling scenes of Anton with Rafi and Sam (it’s expected, of course) we could learn a lesson or two and relate with every character in the movie. Romantic and beautiful relationships like that of Anton and Rafi’s, when intruded by a third party, and all other factors like lies, betrayal and deception, would really banish this “thing” that is not given, it is something that is earned.... it’s the “trust.” I must say that threading thru life, we must also learn to give, forgive, accept and let go; and from there, we move on to the next chapter. We should not also commit ourselves if we know we couldn't stand for it and live by it. Never entertain impulsive and aggressive decisions when you’re aware, it might ruin your life and eventually be regretful in the end.

“A Secret Affair” is really a movie to be remembered. It speaks of the slapping truth and goes right into our hearts and minds. It is something to think of... a lesson for everyone and is relaying the message that, if we still have the power and time to control over things, don’t ever lose it or else, you’ll have to face and suffer its consequences.

This is produced and released by Viva Films under the helm of Nuel Crisostomo Naval and screenplay by Ms. Mel Mendoza del Rosario showing in over 200 theaters nationwide on October 24, 2012. Other casts include Joel Torre, Jackie Lou Blanco, Johnny Revilla, Jill Yulo, Say Alonzo, Petra Mahalimuyak, Gee-Ann Abraham, IC Mendoza and introducing Shy Carlos who exudes great resemblance with Jennylyn Mercado. 

Check-out Official Music Video of "A Secret Affair" in HD 





Special thanks to LionHearTV and Viva Films for the premiere night invites and photo credits to Viva and A Secret Affair Facebook page admin. 
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