In an innovative collaboration, direct air capture (DAC) leader Climeworks and soft drinks titan Coca-Cola introduced Valser, a brand of sparkling mineral water with carbon captured from the atmosphere.
This groundbreaking product proves the feasibility of DAC technology for solving the issue of carbon dioxide shortages in the food and beverage production industry, paving the way for more collaborations of this kind in the future.
Swiss carbon removal trailblazer Climeworks uses its DAC technology deployed in the form of large fans to capture air and filter the CO2 out of it, collecting it so it can be applied into the production of new goods.
The company teamed up with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC) in Switzerland, providing CO2 captured from its operations for the production of Valser, the first carbon-neutral sparkling mineral water available on the Swiss market.
Climeworks Co-Founder and Co-CEO Dr Christoph Gebald shared that the company is very happy to enter the beverage market in Switzerland through this collaboration with Coca-Cola HBC Switzerland, underscoring the importance of social and environmental aspects of business.
He commented, “Coca-Cola HBC Switzerland has been an exceptionally supportive partner and invaluable in moving the application of DAC in the beverage industry forward — something we are very thankful for.”
The safe and successful application of air-captured carbon into a beverage like Valser offers a solution not only to the issue of excessive emissions, which are a main culprit for climate change, but also addresses the need for carbon by the food and beverage production industry, a domain in which the demand often surpasses the available supplies.
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Jan Wurzbacher, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Climeworks, stated that they are excited by the chance to collaborate with a beverage industry leader as part of the company’s bigger goal of capturing 1% of global carbon dioxide emissions by 2025.
As one of the front-runners in the carbon removal industry, Climeworks is actively working on its ambitious goals of capturing up to 4,000 metric tons of CO2 per year through its Project Orca initiative, as well as through its almost tenfold bigger project Mammoth, which has the capacity to capture up to 36,000 tons of CO2 annually.
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