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<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">You won't believe what
<STRONG>Coca-Cola just claimed: consumers still want
plastic bottles.</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><STRONG>Let's prove
them wrong.</STRONG> </SPAN></P>
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say 'NO' to more plastic waste</STRONG> and to clean up
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<P dir=ltr><STRONG>Are <EM>you</EM> the cause of Coca-Cola’s plastic
problem?</STRONG></P>
<P dir=ltr>Coke’s own head of sustainability thinks so. At the World
Economic Forum this week, she told billionaire conference-goers that
the soda corp <STRONG>won’t stop producing new plastic bottles
because consumers still want them.</STRONG></P>
<P dir=ltr>This is just the latest in <STRONG>a long history of
Coca-Cola trying to pass the buck to consumers.</STRONG> 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. </P>
<P dir=ltr>But <STRONG>we <EM>are</EM> asking Coke for something
now: responsibility.</STRONG> 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.</P>
<P dir=ltr><A style="COLOR: #00abbd; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/514090?t=1&akid=68899%2E15424008%2EgPH_aU"><STRONG>Coca-Cola:
Stop blaming consumers and tackle your plastic
crisis!</STRONG></A></P>
<P dir=ltr>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, <STRONG>Coke
makes a show of supporting charities that are willing to clean up
its mess</STRONG>, but behind the scenes, its lobbyists
reportedly fight against laws that would keep the company from
polluting in the first place.</P>
<P dir=ltr><STRONG>Coke’s execs know exactly what they need to do to
save our plastic-choked planet:</STRONG></P>
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<LI><STRONG>commit Coke to an immediate reduction in plastic
use,</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>create ambitious targets for reusing and recycling the
bottles Coke produces,</STRONG>
<LI><STRONG>and support any effort -- including bottle deposit
schemes and more informative labels -- that would result in better
recycling of Coke's “recyclable” products.</STRONG> </LI></UL>
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<DIV class=p-rich_text_section>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. <STRONG>It’s helped create the harm.
It now needs to help create the
solutions.</STRONG></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<P dir=ltr>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. </P>
<P dir=ltr>So <STRONG>we need your help to force Coca-Cola to
act</STRONG> -- 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 <STRONG>SumOfUs members like
you convinced governments to add plastic to the Basel Convention on
hazardous waste, </STRONG>which helped protect countries from
floods of unwanted plastic garbage.</P>
<P dir=ltr>Together, <STRONG>we can tell Coke’s bosses we don’t need
or want their plastic. </STRONG>Let's challenge them to commit
to tangible steps to reduce their plastic and carbon footprint, and
the transparency needed for proper enforcement.</P>
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href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/514090?t=2&akid=68899%2E15424008%2EgPH_aU"><STRONG>Coca-Cola:
Nobody wants more plastic bottles. Stop blaming us and clean up your
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<P>Thanks for all that you do, <BR>David, Deborah, and the team at
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<P>More information:</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/514091?t=15&akid=68899%2E15424008%2EgPH_aU"
rel=noopener target=_blank>Leaked Audio Reveals How Coca-Cola
Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts,</A> <EM>The Intercept</EM>, 18
October 2019<BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/514092?t=16&akid=68899%2E15424008%2EgPH_aU"
rel=noopener target=_blank>Coca-Cola Named The World’s Most
Polluting Brand in Plastic Waste Audit</A>, <EM>Forbes</EM>, 29
October 2019 <BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/514093?t=17&akid=68899%2E15424008%2EgPH_aU"
rel=noopener target=_blank>Coca-Cola admits it produces 3m tonnes of
plastic packaging a year,</A> <EM>The Guardian</EM>, 14 March
2019<BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/514135?t=18&akid=68899%2E15424008%2EgPH_aU"
rel=noopener target=_blank>Davos 2020: People still want plastic
bottles, says Coca-Cola,</A> <EM>BBC</EM>, 21 January 2020</P></TD></TR>
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