A new report has claimed that The Coca-Cola Company was the world's biggest plastic polluter between 2018 and 2022. On the other hand, you will be surprised to know that this company is one of the main sponsors of the ongoing Climate Change Summit (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh.
Since 2018, nearly 200,000 volunteer clean-up campaigns in 87 countries have detected 85,035 Coca-Cola products in plastic waste. This information has been revealed in the report released by Break Free From Plastic (BFFP), a global group of more than 11,000 organizations and supporters. According to the report, the figure was also higher than the other two top polluters – PepsiCo and Nestlé.
According to the 'Brand Audit Report 2018-2022' published on November 15, 2022, between 2018 and 2022, PepsiCo brands collected 50,558 products and Nestlé brands collected 27,008 products in the brand audit.
In this regard, BFFP writes on its website that “Brand Audit is a participatory scientific initiative that involves counting and documenting the brands found in plastic waste to identify companies responsible for plastic pollution.”
The report also revealed that the share of plastic waste products bearing the Coca-Cola label has also increased significantly in the last five years. As the findings showed, in 2018, out of some 255,429 pieces of plastic collected globally, 9,300 items were identified as Coca-Cola products. At the same time, out of a total of 429,994 plastics collected in 2022, this quantity has increased to 31,457.
In this regard, the Network of Environmental Protection and Social Justice Organizations said in its statement to the press that, "Given that 99 percent of this plastic is made from fossil fuels, Coca-Cola's role in Cop 27 surprised environmental activists."
According to the report, companies involved in the 'New Plastics Economy Global Commitment' launched in 2018 by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the United Nations Environment Program, are actually increasing their use of plastic packaging. In such a situation, these companies will surely miss the target of 100% reusable and compostable packaging by 2025.
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