At a rally in South Africa on Thursday, Greenpeace Africa urged the beer giant to use crystal and metal packaging to reduce plastic pollution. It produced 120 billion throwaway vinyl bottles a year. In a presentation held on World Environment Day, activists erected a large container cover emblazoned with the phrase” Cap it Coke” outside the bank’s Johannesburg business. According to the climate activist group, Coca-Cola has been the world’s leading plastic polluter for six straight years. Every month, Coca-Cola produces 120 billion plastic bottles. And the majority of it will end up in the marine ecosystem and the atmosphere, according to Hellen Kahaso Dena, a Greenpeace member, AFP. So we are outside the workplace today, telling them to reduce plastic production, reduce refill and reuse, and make sure they are also investing in glass and cans of another sustainable packaging options, she said. She claimed that the company’s promises to be encouraging resins recycling amounted to “greenwashing.” Only about 9 % of recycled material is known. Dena claimed that the majority of the vinyl will close up in the environment. Coca-Cola should support a force for a global cheap treaty that places a cap on plastic production first, according to the group. After criticism from a group of primarily oil-producing countries, negotiations between delegates from nearly 200 nations for the country’s first agreement on reducing plastic pollution in South Korea ended last year without contract. In Geneva in August, a fresh circular is scheduled. Coca-Cola lowered its economic agreements after the talks failed by effectively scrapping the commitment to achieve 25 % reusable package by 2030 and putting up times and amounts for recycling goals. According to Greenpeace, over 99 % of plastics come from fossil fuels, instantly relating plastic production to the climate crisis.
