CSR / PepsiCo Thailand

Editorial Team

PepsiCo Thailand launches an innovative “Journey to Zero Waste” project

PepsiCo, the global leading food and beverage operator with brands under its portfolio namely “Pepsi” drink and “Lay’s” potato chips, unveils the project “Journey to Zero Waste” in Thailand. This initiative is the effort of the collective goodwill among Chak Daeng Temple and Song Khanong Municipality Community to collect flexible & multilayer plastic (MLP) packaging, which are non-biodegradable, before sending it to the upcycling process by turning MLP waste into useful products such as chairs and desks for schools in need.

Mr Sudipto Mozumdar, general manager for Indochina Food – Thailand and Vietnam at Pepsi-Cola (Thai) Trading Co., Ltd (PepsiCo Thailand), operator and distributor of “Lay’s” potato chips, revealed that PepsiCo Thailand has been well-aware of increasing amount of plastic waste contributed by the use of Flexible & MLP packaging such as snack packaging, drinking water label, refill bag, instant noodles packaging, coffee packaging, and candy wrapper.

PepsiCo Thailand is strongly committed to setting the target to collect flexible & MLP packaging as much as it could. The collected MLP packaging will then be put through the upcycling process which gives it more value and benefits such as chairs and desks that are later given to schools in need.

PepsiCo works with Chak Daeng Temple and Song Khanong Municipality Community, Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakarn Province in the project “Journey to Zero Waste” which focuses on learning how to sort, clean and process waste into value-added items, for instance, turning PET water bottle into monk’s robe, MLP packaging bag and UHT drink carton into gypsum board, and other items converted into new products with more benefits and income to the community.

“Chak Daeng Temple and Song Khanong Municipality Community are the good start for the “Journey to Zero Waste” initiative. PepsiCo Thailand will work closely with the community in collecting MLP waste for the upcycling process before putting it into good and beneficial use for the community”, Mr Sudipto said.

Recently, PepsiCo Thailand has taken up to 200 employees on a field trip to observe the waste management as well as learning with representatives of Song Khanong Municipality Community and Chak Daeng Temple. The two places serve as the successful model that delivers the right waste separating method, which not only generates income to the community but also transforms plastic waste through upcycling process into diverse products.

Mr. Sudipto added that the collaborative project with Chak Daeng Temple and Song Khanong Municipality Community was a pilot one. PepsiCo Thailand plans to continuously expand the project and increase the level of collaboration and public awareness with other partners and communities in order to follow its mission under the pep+ strategy.