GPI 2010 Friends of Glass • Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Company

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Website

http://www.drpeppersnapplegroup.com

Contact Information

Chris Barnes
Manager, Corporate Affairs
5301 Legacy Drive
Plano, TX 75024
office: 972.673.5539
mobile: 214.403.7587
chris.barnes@dpsg.com

About Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Based in Plano, Texas, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. is the leading producer of flavored beverages in North America and the Caribbean. Our success is fueled by more than 50 brands that are synonymous with refreshment, fun and flavor. We have 6 of the top 10 non-cola soft drinks, and 9 of our 12 leading brands are No. 1 in their flavor categories. In addition to our flagship Dr Pepper and Snapple brands, our portfolio includes Sunkist soda, 7UP, A&W, Canada Dry, Crush, Mott’s, Squirt, Hawaiian Punch, Penafiel, Clamato, Schweppes, Venom Energy, Rose’s and Mr & Mrs T mixers.

Glass Container Recycling/Sustainability Achievements

Dr Pepper Snapple Group has a number of brands available primarily in glass packaging, including Snapple, Yoo-hoo, Stewarts, IBC, Nantucket Nectars and Mystic. The company also continues to sell many of its leading soft drink brands, such as Dr Pepper, 7UP, Sunkist and Crush in glass packaging in certain retail and foodservice channels.

DPS uses containers that are 100% recyclable and promotes their recycling with “please recycle” notations on packages.

Other Recycling/Sustainability Achievements

Beginning in 2010, DPS is tracking the amount of solid waste generated through the course of manufacturing beverages. Cans, glass, PET bottles, shrink wrap, corrugate, cardboard, strapping material, stretch film and other plastics, paper and aluminum byproducts from the production and shipping process will be measured regularly.

All of our plants have recycling measures in place to varying degrees. Our plant operations and environmental health and safety (EHS) managers work closely with contracted industrial recyclers to design and implement processes and systems for collecting, separating, crushing and baling recyclable material.

Our Columbus, Ohio, plant, for example, has implemented education and awareness efforts with its teams, as well as systems and processes that have reduced solid waste to landfill by more than 50% over the past two years, from 360 tons in 2007 to 170 tons in 2009. Our Ottumwa, Iowa, plant recycled 1.5 million pounds of cardboard, glass, wood, plastic, aluminum and other materials in 2009.

Future Plans

The company has set a goal to recycle 80% of waste from its manufacturing operations by 2015 and has joined in the American Beverage Association’s Full Circle Recycling Initiative.

In addition, the company has set the following goals related to environmental sustainability:

• Improve energy efficiency and reduce CO2 from emissions in manufacturing by 10% per gallon of finished product.
• Increase product shipments per gallon of fuel used by 20%.
• Replace 60,000 vending machines and coolers with Energy Star-rated equipment that is approximately 30% more energy-efficient.
• Reduce manufacturing water use and wastewater discharge by 10% per gallon of finished product.
• Conserve more than 60 million pounds of plastic through PET package lightweighting and redesigns and increased use of recycled PET.