Beverage giants Coke and Pepsi driving worldwide plastic crisis, study claims

by Chris Melore
April 25, 2024

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — We’ve all seen plastic trash littering beaches, parks, and roadsides. But have you ever wondered where all that plastic is actually coming from? Thanks to a massive global citizen science effort, researchers can now point the finger at some of the world’s biggest corporations most responsible for manufacturing this environmental scourge. In fact, the new report estimates that just five companies produce the items responsible for a quarter of the world’s plastic pollution.