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Thanks to our global brand audits, we have five years worth of data from around the world revealing the worst corporate plastic polluters since 2018.

Most of the top polluting corporations have signed a voluntary Global Commitment to tackle their plastic footprint by 2025 yet in 2022, the annual progress report showed that they are nowhere close to meeting their 2025 promises. This proves that voluntary commitments are failing and the time for strong mandatory regulations is now.

We are making this data available so we can collectively continue to hold these corporations accountable for their plastic waste and false solutions.
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The Guardian

Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for third year in a row

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé have been accused of “zero progress” on reducing plastic waste, after being named the world’s top plastic polluters for the third year in a row.

Coca-Cola bottle on a beach in Mull, Scotland. The company has come under fire for saying it would not abandon single-use plastics. Photograph: Will Rose/Greenpeace

Last Week Tonight

Plastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Plastic is in everything, from the clothes we wear to the water we drink. John Oliver explains how plastics are harming the planet, why recycling isn’t the solution you think it is, and why fixing the problem will be up to not just consumers, but corporations and policymakers.

Le Monde

Coca-Cola, champion du monde de la pollution plastique

Selon le classement 2021 de l’ONG Break Free From Plastic, la marque américaine reste celle qui génère le plus de déchets dans l’environnement, devant PepsiCo et Unilever.

Des bouteilles en plastique de Coca-Cola, compressées dans un entrepôt du sud de la ville de Santiago (Chili), en août 2019. MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP

Reuters

Coca-Cola, criticized for plastic pollution, pledges 25% reusable packaging

NEW YORK, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Coca-Cola Company (KO.N) on Thursday said it will aim for 25% of its packaging globally to be reusable by 2030, a move hailed by environmental groups who have called out the soft-drink maker for worldwide plastic pollution.

Children walk over a polluted area as they collect plastic materials in Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

BBC Panorama

Coca-Cola’s 100 Billion Bottle Problem

Coca-Cola sells more than 100 billion throwaway plastic bottles each year. Panorama investigates their promises to crack down on plastic waste. Globally, more of Coke's plastic packaging is found littered than any other brand. Filming on the ground in Samoa, the Philippines and Uganda, this film asks if Coca-Cola is on track to achieve its pledge to create a world without waste.