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Coca-Cola plastic waste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030

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By 2030, Coca-Cola products will account for an estimated 602m kilograms of plastic waste entering the world鈥檚 oceans and waterways each year, according to a stark new analysis published Wednesday by the non-profit Oceana.

That is enough plastic to fill the stomachs of 18m whales.

The report arrives amid mounting concerns over the human health risks posed by the spread of microplastics, which scientists increasingly link to cancer, infertility and heart disease.

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u/jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 路 4 points

That makes sense to me.

But they don't want to make businesses do anything, even if it means choking the oceans with trash and filling our bodies with plastic. Frankly, they're bad people that we shouldn't put up with.

u/Fredselfish@lemmy.world 路 6 points

Not sure have no clue the cost. But with glass being so easily recyclable I'm sure it be well worth it. Hell they can make aluminum cans that have caps and that to is easily recyclable with no loss.

u/Scolding7300@lemmy.world 路 4 points

What's the price difference between the two? I'm assuming it's only a few more cents per bottle right?

u/HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 路 5 points

Just watched Alone Australia (filmed in Tasmania) and the only containers that 2 of the contestants found so far were glass.

I don't ever remember seeing any glass being found on America's Alone series.

u/pleasegoaway@lemm.ee 路 16 points

It should really only be used for medical supplies.

But we鈥檙e too far gone now. Our earth is fully infected with decaying plastic, we鈥檙e all ingesting it, and there is no undoing it.

u/Fredselfish@lemmy.world 路 12 points

Working for a company who makes glass bottles that are 100% recyclable with no loss agrees.

u/Psythik@lemm.ee 路 9 points

We should go back to the days when you were expected to return your empty bottle to the vending machine, so that Coca-Cola could recycle it for you. Republicans want America to go back to the 1950s, so you would think that they would try to convince drink manufacturers to start being responsible for their own bottles again. But they won't because recycling is probably too woke for them.

u/jaek@lemmy.world 路 4 points

I see you edited your comment to be more wrong. Your weight per person is off:

605m kg / 8bn people = ~0.075kg per person

So 75 grams, or about 5 bottles per person per year

u/knightly@pawb.social 路 6 points

*does the math*

That's like 15kg/human. An empty 12-Oz coke bottle weighs about 15 grams, so that's just about 100 bottles per human per year.

u/kautau@lemmy.world 路 6 points

Yeah tbh I couldn鈥檛 find an image that shows just how much dominance they have purely by separate parent org. But if sprite, Diet Coke, and coke are all so much higher than Dr Pepper and Pepsi, it should give some idea

u/kautau@lemmy.world 路 18 points

Seems like they probably just focused on Coca Cola because of their market share

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u/Beryl@lemmy.world 路 23 points

It's kinda weird to express it in millions of kg, I feel 602 000 tons is easier to understand.

u/slaacaa@lemmy.world 路 21 points

So what?

Some sacrifices need to be made to maximize shareholder value. Don鈥檛 forget, we鈥檙e all in this together 馃寧鉂わ笍馃搱

u/Mothra@mander.xyz 路 18 points

Six hundred and two MILLION kilograms of plastic PER YEAR am I reading that correctly?