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Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
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The two tobacco companies Altria and Philip Morris International combined made up 2% of the branded plastic litter found, both Danone and Nestlé each produced 3% of it, PepsiCo was responsible for 5% of the discarded packaging, and 11% of branded plastic waste could be traced to the Coca-Cola company.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Is it also a pretty safe bet these are most of the top 60 companies in the world, and we are the ones that buy all their generic crap in plastic containers?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No. It is the faceless people who are to blame. Not me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's really about who litters surely?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Surface level - yeah I suppose? What about those who make it, those who don't dispose of it correctly, then those in waste management who don't care where it ends up?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It seems everyone in that chain has a responsibility of waste management. When costs inflate and services are reduced we see increased fly-tipping, and litter produced by uncollected bins, as well as shoddy disposal.

I think it's closely related to the broken window theory. One broken window = more crime. Some litter = more litter. Most are led by influence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I think you've hit it on the head with everyone in the chain being responsible- and I've never heard of the broken window theory but it makes alot of sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I wonder that any time these statistics are brought up. Like 100 companies are responsible for 70% of greenhouse gases - well isn’t it cause there’s 8 billion people buying their shit? They’re not just running those factories for the fun of it.