These are the world's biggest plastic polluters

NEW DELHI: Brands like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle are among the world’s biggest plastic polluters, says a recent report by Changing Markets Foundation.
The report titled, “Talking Trash: The Corporate Playbook of False Solutions”, shames the world's biggest plastic polluters for obstructing and undermining the legislative solutions to tackle the global plastic waste crisis.
According to the report, Coca-Cola’s plastic footprint is 2.9 million metric tonnes every year, while that of its biggest competitor, PepsiCo is 2.3 million metric tonnes per year.

While many offenders have committed themselves to several voluntary initiatives to address the issue, but they actively participate in trade associations and other groups established to defend corporate interests from regulation that could restrict plastic, says the report.
Take for instance, the biggest polluter, Coca-Cola, which is committed to 10 voluntary initiatives to solve plastic waste, but at the same time is also a member of at least 7 trade associations that lobby against any stronger plastic legislation. Similarly, the second-most polluting consumer brand, Pepsico is a member of 8 groups that lobby against legislation to address plastic pollution.
Voluntary initiatives not ambitious enough
The report also exposed serious shortcomings to the voluntary initiatives by these offenders, which fail to reduce plastic pollution at its source, but instead focus on end-of-pipe solutions, such as litter-picking or ocean clean-ups.
There are also false solutions, such as replacing single-use plastics with other single-use materials, or promoting bio-based or compostable plastics that may cause unintended consequences and scale up other environmental problems.