Coca-Cola bottler HTC scales up bottle-to-bottle rPET scheme in Thailand

Haadthip (HTC), the Coca-Cola bottler for 14 southern Thai provinces, has signed an MOU with recycler Oxitech and resin producer Royce Universal. The agreement, signed in September 2026, moves their community-based bottle-to-bottle PET scheme from pilot to regular, full-scale rPET supply. Used bottles from island communities such as Koh Yao Noi are sorted and flaked in Krabi and turned into food-grade rPET pellets in Nakhon Pathom. The pellets are then made into new bottles at HTC's Phunphin plant in Surat Thani.

Why this mattersA Coca-Cola bottler formalising community-sourced food-grade rPET supply shows how regional closed loops are being built, though volumes so far are measured in tens of tonnes.

• HTC, Oxitech and Royce Universal signed an MOU in September 2026 to move from pilot to regular, full-scale rPET procurement
• HTC produces and distributes Coca-Cola beverages in 14 southern Thai provinces
• Bottles are collected on Koh Yao Noi, flaked in Krabi, pelletised in Nakhon Pathom and made into bottles at Phunphin, Surat Thani
• About 22 tonnes of HTC PET bottles entered Koh Yao Noi and Koh Yao Yai in the prior year; the community scheme recovered about 60 tonnes of PET
• PET that fails food-grade checks is recycled into polyester fibre for textiles

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