Coca-Cola And PepsiCo Ranked As World's Leading Plastic Polluters
WION | February 1, 2022
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have been ranked as the world's leading plastic polluters for the fourth consecutive year.
The rankings, released by 'Break Free From Plastic,' a global movement to demand massive reductions in single-use plastics and to push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis.
Unilever, Nestle, Procter and Gamble, Mondeléz International, Philip Morris International, Danone, Mars, and Colgate-Palmolive are some other brands that are among the top polluters of 2021.
Global plastic production rose from 20 million metric tons in 1966 to 381 million metric tons (MMT) in 2015, a 20-fold increase over half a century, the report said.
"Companies have focused on recycling and pilot projects, but that's not good enough. We need to reduce our dependence on single-use packaging and we want to see companies act to reduce it," said Joanne Green, senior policy advisor at Tearfund.