Suntory PepsiCo Thailand and PepsiCo Thailand Build on Success of “Waste Nothing” Campaign, Entire Waste Management at 14th Pepsi Presents Big Mountain Music Festival

PET bottle collection bins donated to Khao Yai Tourism Association; Proceeds from selling recycled waste to Fund Field Equipment for Khao Yai National Park

Bangkok, 10 February 2025 – Suntory PepsiCo Beverage (Thailand) Co., Ltd., led by Ms. Wipawan Tasanapreechachai (4^th from the left), Head of Corporate Affairs, and PepsiCo Services Asia Co., Ltd. (PepsiCo Thailand), represented by Ms. Surivassa Sattarujawong (1^st from the left), Corporate Affairs Director, PepsiCo – ICF Thailand & Indochina, donated 55 PET bottle collection bins used at the 14^th Pepsi Presents Big Mountain Music Festival to the Khao Yai Tourism Association. The bins were received by Ms. Panchana Vatanasathien (2^nd from the left), President of the Khao Yai Tourism Association, to promote the segregation and collection of used PET plastic bottles for recycling into new bottles or called “Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling” in the Khao Yai area. Moreover, the companies provided essential field equipment to Khao Yai National Park—including mosquito net hammock, flysheets, and field gas stoves as well as rice and Suntory PepsiCo Thailand’s products—valued at over 110,000 baht. The donated items were received by Mr. Chaiya Huaihongthong (The second photo: 5^th from the left), Khao Yai National Park Chief, to support the national park officials’ efforts in preserving the natural resources of this World Heritage Site and ASEAN Heritage Park.

This donation has built on the success of the “Waste Nothing” campaign, an entire waste management implemented for the second consecutive year at Thailand’s largest music festival, the 14^th Pepsi Presents Big Mountain Music Festival, in December 2024. The funding for essential field equipment donation originated from selling recyclable wastes collected and segregated during the music festival. This included PET bottles, aluminum cans, glass bottles, and cardboard, with 11,150 kilograms of waste segregated at the event – more than double the amount of segregated waste at the 13^th Pepsi Presents Big Mountain Music Festival in 2023. Among this, 1,485 kilograms of PET bottles were collected and processed through Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling, turning them into new bottles. 1,410 kilograms of aluminum cans were recycled through Can-to-Can Recycling process for re-manufacturing into new cans. The campaign also ensured that 3,780 kilograms of general waste were converted into refuse-derived fuel (RDF) instead of being delivered to landfills, and 4,085 kilograms of food waste were processed and converted into electricity. Furthermore, 390 kilograms of other recyclable materials, including plastic water containers, glass bottles, and cardboard, were properly segregated and recycled.