The People vs Plastic: Exposing The UK’s Top Polluters

https://brandaudit.sas.org.uk/#top

A plastic pollution tide has swept across the globe & is choking the ocean. It’s time to identify the main polluters & hold them to account.

TL;DR

  1. Coca Cola
  2. McDonalds
  3. Cadbury
  4. Red Bull
  5. Walkers
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7 Comments

wackyheartfluid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d (5 replies)

Are any of those UK owned?

yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1d

I think Cadbury used to be

atro_city@fedia.io · 1 pts · 1d (3 replies)

Who? The companies or the People vs Plastic NGO?

wackyheartfluid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d (2 replies)

The companies you listed in the summary.

atro_city@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1d (1 reply)

I doubt it, but feel free to look it up . Coca Cola for sure isn't British.

wackyheartfluid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1d

Initially I thought I'd be interesting to know if it's standard venture capital bullshit or a specific set of national values at work. Though in hindsight, going by the brands, it might just be socio-economic: which consumers are most likely to dump their litter and not take it home or bin it.

IanTwenty@piefed.social · 2 pts · 2d

Come on Mr Lineker, have a word with your employer