Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé named and shamed as top global polluters

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Environmentalists Break Free from Plastics say these and several other multinationals are offering false solutions to the problem of plastic pollution

Tens of thousands of pieces of plastic littering the planet come from just a handful of multinational corporations, an environmental pressure group says.and PepsiCo were named on Wednesday by Break Free from Plastics, a global coalition of individuals and environmental organisations, who warned the companies largely avoid cleanup responsibility.

“Many of them have made commitments that they claim will make their products more sustainable, but largely protect the outdated throwaway business model that got us into this mess in the first place,” said the report, released in Manila. The report deems single-serve multilayered sachets, common in Southeast Asia and aimed at low-income families that cannot afford bigger volumes of consumer products, as “the most damaging type of plastic packaging”.

 

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