Once upon a time, Coca-Cola’s bottling operations were an environmentalist’s dream: stylish refillable glass bottles that were washed and reused dozens of times, leaving no pollution. But Coke has turned that dream into a toxic nightmare by dismantling its own infrastructure, doubling down on single-use plastics ever since.
Today Coca-Cola is the world’s biggest plastic producer and polluter, pumping out a quarter of a million plastic bottles every minute – harming frontline communities and the ecosystems where these bottles inevitably end up.
Watch this new short documentary by The Story of Stuff Project to find out more.