- Background
- What we're looking for
- What we can offer you
- Who we are
PepsiCo has set out to achieve 100% RCBR (recyclable, compostable, biodegradable or reusable) compliance in packaging by 2025 and a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030. Many of our packaging types are already considered recyclable (e.g., PET bottles, aluminum cans, glass packaging). But to reach our goals we must reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the course of the packaging’s entire lifecycle.
We are seeking technologies that will reduce GHG emissions during packaging production or over the entire lifecycle of PET bottles, aluminum cans, and glass packaging (and other types of packaging) without sacrificing packaging quality.
- Highly functional materials, additives, or coatings that improve packaging properties (e.g., barrier, mechanical properties) and therefore can enable light weighting
- Additives or coatings that reduce energy usage during packaging production resulting in lower GHG emissions
- Packaging production processes with reduced energy usage
- Food safe materials (capable of achieving regulatory approval)
- Does not negatively impact recycling of package
- Clear and colorless (for PET bottles)
These are not required but would favorably distinguish a submission:
- Cost parity with incumbent packaging
- Solutions for returnable and retort-ready glass packaging
- Does not impact organoleptic or sensory attributes of contents
- FDA food contact approved
- Achieving GHG reduction solely by conversation to renewable energy
- Traditional light weighting technologies
- Any nonrecyclable materials
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Learn moreOther recommended requests
delivered to your inbox.