Samoan Community Leaders, Environmental Advocates Call on Coca-Cola’s Largest Bottler to Keep Plastic out of the Pacific and Bring Back Reusable Packaging
View original at finance.yahoo.comSamoan Community Leaders, Environmental Advocates Call on Coca-Cola’s Largest Bottler to Keep Plastic out of the Pacific and Bring Back Reusable Packaging Oceana, Inc…
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CCEP is Coca-Cola's largest bottler by revenue and operates across 31 global markets including Western Europe, Indonesia, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.
60% confidenceImports of plastic bottles to Samoa more than doubled between 2020 and 2025, and Coca-Cola products account for about one-third of beverage bottle waste in the country.
60% confidenceDue to limited recycling capacity in Samoa, most plastic waste ends up littered, illegally dumped, incinerated, or landfilled, with consequences visible on land, beaches, and in the water.
60% confidenceCoca-Cola should move back to reusable bottles like glass in Samoa and become a leader in the transition away from plastics.
60% confidenceIn 2021, Coca-Cola stopped bottling its products in reusable glass bottles in Samoa and now imports large quantities of single-use plastic bottles from Fiji and New Zealand.
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