The top five brands globally were The Coca-Cola Company (11%), PepsiCo (5%), Nestlé (3%), Danone (3%), and Altria (2%), accounting for 24% of the total branded count

I would’ve expected a slightly different order, but those companies also control about 24% of the food we buy, so… not surprising.

Think the unthinkable- what if we not only still sold most of our beverages in recyclable glass bottles, what if we also offered money to recycle them?

Hey, make sure you guys don't use plastic straws anymore, and turn the water off when you're lathering up in the shower. 🙄

*branded plastic pollution

Most plastic pollution is not branded.

I always bring my refillable Nalgenes, Stanleys, Yetis, Corksicles, and Hydro Flasks to the Coke headquarters to fill up my family's monthly allotment of soda. Take that, Big Plastic!

That's sort of like saying one species is responsible for the overwhelming amount of pollution. It makes it seem like there's an easily identifiable culprit, but you're talking about 60 firms involved in like... everything you use and interact with every day.

About 10-12 years back i went to Dominican (outside of resort's). It was eye opening in a sense, though what shocked me then was the amount of empty 2L bottle everywhere, it was insane.

The two tobacco companies Altria and Philip Morris International combined made up 2% of the branded plastic litter found, both Danone and Nestlé each produced 3% of it, PepsiCo was responsible for 5% of the discarded packaging, and 11% of branded plastic waste could be traced to the Coca-Cola company.

I would have thought Nestle would be far higher considering how many other brands it owns and how widespread its products are.

When traveling I've found that I can buy and refill aluminum water bottles.

Like this: https://www.mananalu.com/

And this: https://www.amazon.com/RAIN-Plastic-Free-Recyclable-Friendly-Aluminum/dp/B08Y946G7Z/ref=asc_df_B08Y946G7Z?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80882941400087&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584482469946349&psc=1

More than once now I've found water in an aluminium bottle at a grocery store while traveling. Buy one and refill. Works great and less to pack.

Great, can we please finally jail those in charge? Can we then sue those companies for all they're worth so that we can use that money to clean up said plastic?

that's how economies of scale work. unless the majority of the population (globally) boycotts all of those companies and their subsidiaries, which isnt going to happen, nothing will change.

someone else just needs to start a business model around cleaning up plastic pollution - it's certainly never going to go away on its own.

That's because they are the only people that own 50% + of the market.

Remember its your straw that killed all the turtles tho.