Launch of a new recycle brand by Coca-Cola and Will.i.am

Encourage brand recycled products
The Coca-Cola Company and musical artist and producer Will.i.am are partnering to create Ekocycle, an initiative to brand recycled products and encourage sustainability among young consumers.
Ekocycle will partner with well-known brands that sell a variety of lifestyle products – including clothing, handbags, chairs and accessories – made at least partially from recycled materials. The first Ekocycle product, which consumers can buy in fall 2012, will be a pair of high-end headphones from Beats by Dr. Dre. Other Ekocycle products, including New Era hats, will be available in early 2013.
The Ekocycle Brand
The Ekocycle brand will premiere its first 60-second TV commercial in the US today during the telecast of the summer Olympic Games, which Coca-Cola is sponsoring. A full-scale marketing, advertising and online campaign will follow.
Today’s generation of young consumers represents an active force and the Ekocycle brand aims to be a driver in rallying their support and efforts around a global sustainability movement, said Bea Perez, vice president and chief sustainability officer at Coca-Cola.
The Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola will make a minimum $1 million financial commitment to the Ekocycle brand initiative over the next five years. The company said it will donate its portion of licensing profits from the Ekocycle brand initiative to support additional recycling and community improvement organizations.
Earth911, which hosts one of the largest recycling directories in the US, will provide an interactive and searchable recycling directory for consumers at Ekocycle.com.