Activists from the organization Free from Plastic noted that the three companies have made “zero progress”
In their annual audit, the researchers notethat the Coca-Cola Company ranked first in the world in terms of the amount of plastic waste - their bottles are most often found on beaches, rivers, parks and other places in 51 of the 55 countries surveyed. In 2019, waste from their products was the most prevalent in 37 out of 51 countries.
Annual audit conducted by 15 thousandvolunteers around the world, has identified the largest number of plastic products from global brands found in the largest number of countries. This year they collected 346 thousand units of plastic waste, 63% of which could be identified with the company logo.
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Environmental initiatives have already been criticizedCoca-Cola for the fact that they do not give up plastic bottles - the company noted that they are popular with their customers. In March 2020, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé and Unilever were convicted of emissions of over half a million tons of plastics in six developing countries annually. This became known from a study by the non-governmental organization Tearfund.
"The world's largest polluting corporationsenvironment, say they are working hard to solve the problem of pollution, but instead they continue to produce harmful single-use plastic packaging,” said Emma Priestland, global campaign coordinator for Break Free From Plastic.
Priestland added that the only waystopping the growing amount of plastic waste is a ban on its production, the phasing out of disposable tableware and the introduction of systems for reuse.
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