India, Sept. 19 -- Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), will be replacing plastic shrink wrap with cardboard for its can multipacks across Western Europe, removing approximately 4,000 tonnes of single-use plastic per year across the region.

This is the latest move in Coca-Cola's commitment to tackle packaging waste and remove all unnecessary single-use plastic from its secondary packaging.

Plastic shrink wrapping is used to keep individual products together while they are being transported and sold to customers as multipacks. It can be harder to recycle than some other plastics and many markets do not have collection schemes in place that allow shrink wrap to be recycled. As a result, much of it currently ends up in landfill or as packag...