*[Enwl-eng] Coke just said people still want plastic

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                        You won't believe what Coca-Cola just claimed: 
consumers still want plastic bottles.

                        Let's prove them wrong.

                        Tell Coke we say 'NO' to more plastic waste and to 
clean up its plastic problem!



                         Sign the petition


            Are you the cause of Coca-Cola’s plastic problem?

            Coke’s own head of sustainability thinks so. At the World 
Economic Forum this week, she told billionaire conference-goers that the 
soda corp won’t stop producing new plastic bottles because consumers still 
want them.

            This is just the latest in a long history of Coca-Cola trying to 
pass the buck to consumers. Nobody asked for the 3 million tonnes of plastic 
that Coke admits it produces every year, or for the unspeakable harm those 
bottles have done to our oceans and rivers.

            But we are asking Coke for something now: responsibility. With 
enough pressure from you, the company will take meaningful action to tackle 
the mountain of plastic it’s created, even if that puts a dent in its 
precious profits.

            Coca-Cola: Stop blaming consumers and tackle your plastic 
crisis!

            A plastic waste audit last year found more Coca-Cola bottles 
than any other brand -- whether washed up on beaches, clogging waterways or 
littering green spaces. Publicly, Coke makes a show of supporting charities 
that are willing to clean up its mess, but behind the scenes, its lobbyists 
reportedly fight against laws that would keep the company from polluting in 
the first place.

            Coke’s execs know exactly what they need to do to save our 
plastic-choked planet:

              a.. commit Coke to an immediate reduction in plastic use,
              b.. create ambitious targets for reusing and recycling the 
bottles Coke produces,
              c.. and support any effort -- including bottle deposit schemes 
and more informative labels -- that would result in better recycling of 
Coke's “recyclable” products.
            What we don’t need is for Coke to come up with a quick fix on 
plastic that looks good but creates environmental impact elsewhere. It’s 
helped create the harm. It now needs to help create the solutions.
            But experts say that Coke won’t pledge itself to transformative 
change because the solutions to its global plastic problem cost a lot of 
money.

            So we need your help to force Coca-Cola to act -- just like when 
we pushed the European Union to pass a groundbreaking law banning some of 
the most harmful single-use plastics. Or last year, when countless SumOfUs 
members like you convinced governments to add plastic to the Basel 
Convention on hazardous waste, which helped protect countries from floods of 
unwanted plastic garbage.

            Together, we can tell Coke’s bosses we don’t need or want their 
plastic. Let's challenge them to commit to tangible steps to reduce their 
plastic and carbon footprint, and the transparency needed for proper 
enforcement.

            Coca-Cola: Nobody wants more plastic bottles. Stop blaming us 
and clean up your own mess!


             Sign the petition
            Thanks for all that you do,
            David, Deborah, and the team at SumOfUs



            More information:

            Leaked Audio Reveals How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling 
Efforts, The Intercept, 18 October 2019
            Coca-Cola Named The World’s Most Polluting Brand in Plastic 
Waste Audit, Forbes, 29 October 2019
            Coca-Cola admits it produces 3m tonnes of plastic packaging a 
year, The Guardian, 14 March 2019
            Davos 2020: People still want plastic bottles, says Coca-Cola, 
BBC, 21 January 2020









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