{"id":2592,"date":"2019-10-23T23:20:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2025-03-21T15:37:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:37:24","slug":"coca-cola-nestle-and-pepsico-named-top-plastic-polluters-for-the-second-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/malaysia\/press\/2592\/coca-cola-nestle-and-pepsico-named-top-plastic-polluters-for-the-second-year-in-a-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola, Nestl\u00e9 and PepsiCo named top plastic polluters for the second year in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manila, Philippines<\/strong> – <\/span>Coca-Cola, Nestl<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>, and PepsiCo are the top 3 most identified companies in global brand audits for the second year in a row, according to a new report <\/span>“BRANDED Volume II: Identifying the World\u2019s Top Corporate Plastic Polluters.”<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Four hundred and eighty-four cleanups in over 50 countries and 6 continents, organised by the Break Free From Plastic movement in September, identified the top polluting companies. The rest of the companies rounding out the top 10 polluters are Mondel\u0113z International, Unilever, Mars, Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Phillip Morris, and Perfetti Van Melle.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis report provides more evidence that corporations urgently need to do more to address the plastic pollution crisis they\u2019ve created. Their continued reliance on single-use plastic packaging translates to pumping more throwaway plastic into the environment. Recycling is not going to solve this problem. Break Free From Plastic\u2019s nearly 1,800 member organisations are calling on corporations to urgently reduce their production of single-use plastic and find innovative solutions focused on alternative delivery systems that do not create pollution,\u201d said Von Hernandez, global coordinator of the Break Free From Plastic movement. <\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s most frequently identified companies in the brand audits – Coca-Cola, Nestl<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>, and PepsiCo – have offered mostly<\/span> false solutions to the plastics crisis<\/span><\/a>, underscoring how important it is for voices from beyond the consumer goods sector to demand accountability and call for an end to single-use plastics. The list of top polluters is again filled with some of the world’s most commonly known brands.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRecent commitments by corporations like Coca-Cola, <\/span>Nestl<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>, and PepsiCo<\/span> to address the crisis unfortunately continue to rely on false solutions like replacing plastic with paper or bioplastics and relying more heavily on a broken global recycling system. These strategies largely protect the outdated throwaway business model that caused the plastic pollution crisis, and will do nothing to prevent these brands from being named the top polluters again in the future,\u201d said Abigail Aguilar, Greenpeace Southeast Asia plastic campaign coordinator.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The products and packaging that brands like Coca-Cola, Nestl<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>, and PepsiCo are churning out is turning our recycling system into garbage. China has effectively banned the import of the US and other exporting countries’ ‘recycling,’ and other countries are following suit. Plastic is being burned in incinerators across the world, exposing communities to toxic pollution. We must continue to expose these real culprits of our plastic and recycling crisis,\u201d said Denise Patel, US Coordinator<\/span> for the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA). <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. This report is published under the responsibility of Greenpeace Philippines <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. BRANDED Volume II: Identifying the World\u2019s Top Corporate Plastic Polluters. (2019)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. 2018 Brand audit report:  <\/span>Branded: In Search of the World\u2019s Top Corporate Plastic Polluters, volume 1 (2018)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  4. A<\/span> Greenpeace USA report <\/span><\/a>titled <\/span>Throwing Away the Future: How Companies Still Have It Wrong on Plastic Pollution \u201cSolutions<\/span><\/i>,\u201d<\/span><\/a> recently called out companies for opting for false solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Contacts: <\/b><\/p>\n

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    Jed Alegado, Break Free From Plastic Asia Pacific Communications Officer: <\/span>jed@breakfreefromplastic.org<\/span><\/a>, +63 917 607 0248 <\/span><\/p>\n

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    Matt Franklin, Break Free From Plastic European Communications Officer: <\/span>matt@breakfreefromplastic.org<\/span><\/a>, +44 792 337 3831<\/span><\/p>\n

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    Shilpi Chhotray, Break Free From Plastic Senior Communications Officer [Global\/US]: <\/span>shilpi@breakfreefromplastic.org<\/span><\/a>, +1 703 400 9986<\/span><\/p>\n