The Big Beverage Playbook For Avoiding Responsibility
Big Beverage companies, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestle, are driving the global plastic pollution crisis. This is due, in large part, to the single-use plastic containers in which they sell their beverages. While all beverage container sales in the United States have skyrocketed in recent years, single-use plastic bottles have become particularly popular among the beverage industry.
The New Coal: Plastics & Climate Change
Beyond Plastics’ new report reveals that the U.S. plastics industry is a major driver of our climate crisis. Using coal-fired power plants as a benchmark, the report examines ten stages in the creation, usage, and disposal of plastics.
Plastic is Carbon: unwrapping the “net zero” myth
Under the cover of “net zero,” the plastics and petrochemical industry is trying to greenwash expanded plastic production and use. “Net zero” plans purport to make continued use of fossil fuels “emission-free,” but scientists, Indigenous peoples, and civil society organizations oppose this diversion that creates risks for communities and the environment.
Path of Toxic Pollution
How making “forever chemicals” for food packaging threatens people and the climate.
Shopping for Plastic: The 2021 Supermarket Plastics Ranking
How does your favorite supermarket rank when it comes to reducing the plastic pollution flooding our oceans, waterways, and communities?
Zero Waste And Economic Recovery: The Job Creation Potential Of Zero waste Solutions
Zero waste creates over 200x as many jobs as landfills and incinerators! Let’s stop throwing away the chance to create thousands of good jobs. It’s time for our leaders to invest in solutions that work for us and our planet.
Congressional Stimulus and funding Bills: Recommendations To reduce Plastic Pollution
257 organizations have identified 13 priorities to include and 5 false solutions to avoid in stimulus and other spending actions to address our burgeoning plastic pollution and climate change crises.
Packaging Away the Planet: U.S. Grocery Retailers and the Plastic Pollution Crisis
This assessment should serve as a baseline measurement of U.S. retailers’ sustainability performance on single-use plastics. All retailers profiled in this report received failing scores, indicating how much work is needed to urgently address the plastic pollution crisis.
Plastic & Climate: The Hidden Cost of a Plastic Planet
The plastic pollution crisis that overwhelms our oceans is also a significant and growing threat to the Earth’s climate. At current levels, greenhouse gas emissions from the plastic lifecycle threaten the ability of the global community to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C. With the petrochemical and plastic industries planning a massive expansion in production, the problem is on track to get much worse.