Coca-Cola Europacific Partners invests in carbon conversion research at Swansea University

In the UK, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) announced an investment into cutting-edge carbon conversion research, with the potential to create more sustainable packaging materials.   

Set to be carried out by researchers at Swansea University, the project will explore a new way of manufacturing ethylene – one of the key components in plastic, such as the HDPE used to make plastic bottle caps.

The research aims to develop technology capable of using CO₂ captured from the atmosphere as an alternative to fossil fuels used during the ethylene production process, offering a potentially more sustainable way to create plastic packaging.

The project is the latest to be funded through CCEP’s innovation investment engine, CCEP Ventures (CCEPV), and follows a series of investments designed to drive innovation and sustainability progress in line with CCEP’s net zero 2040 ambition.