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Break Free From Plastic Reacts to UN Special Rapporteur’s Concerns Over Coca-Cola’s Packaging Practices in Samoa
May 12, 2025 — Today, the UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights, Marcos Orellana, published a letter sent to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, a UK partner of The Coca-Cola Company, on March 12, raising concerns over the company’s packaging practices in Samoa, after the company’s decision to switch from reusable glass bottles to disposable […]
Korean civil society coalition, Uproot Plastics, reveals “Civil Society’s Proposed Text of a Global Plastics Treaty” in time for World Environment Day 2025 hosted by the government of South Korea.
As South Korea elects its 21st president, Korean civil society coalition calls for “plastic production cuts,” unfurling #WeAreWatching flag ahead of World Environment Day and global plastics treaty negotiation.
On May 22, PepsiCo, one of the world’s major plastic polluters, announced that it will be eliminating its reusable packaging targets of delivering 20% of its beverages in reusable containers by 2030, while significantly dropping its goals to reduce virgin (new) plastic and recycled content. PepsiCo’s announcement follows a similar move made by top polluter Coca-Cola in December 2024.
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