Top Plastic Polluter Companies, As Per Break Free From Plastic’s Latest Report

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The top plastic polluters worldwide are the Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Unilever, and Mondelez International, according to a report from Break Free From Plastic. Mars Inc., Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris International, French food firm Danone, and Ferrero Group are listed after these. For five years straight, The Coca-Cola Company has been cited as the worst polluter of plastic.

PepsiCo was the leading plastic polluter in India in 2022, followed by Perfetti Van Melle, the manufacturer of chocolates including Mentos and Alpenliebe, and CG Foods India, a company that makes instant noodles and snacks.

Food packaging, household goods, and other packaging materials were the most prevalent plastic products detected in India, according to the 2022 Brand Audit by Break Free From Plastic.

A worldwide movement called Break Free From Plastic aims to do rid of single-use plastics among other things. According to the report, flexible packaging and single-serve sachets are alarming trends across Asia and Africa. Companies intentionally market products in small quantities at a low cost in Asia by selling food, personal care, and household goods in sachets to consumers in emerging economies.

“Sachets’ true costs are externalized,” the report claimed, “as communities bear the costs of this non-recyclable low-value waste clogging waterways, taxing waste management systems and their employees, upsetting the livelihoods of coastal communities, posing health risks, and contaminating food systems.”

For the past five years, from 2018 to 2022, Break Free From Plastic has examined the plastic epidemic in India and around the world. Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers’ Federation, SS Food Products (a producer of baking goods), and Perfetti Van Melle were the top polluters in India in 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018, respectively.

Plastic pollution on a global scale

 The Coca-Cola Company, which is also the main corporate sponsor of COP27 in Egypt, is listed by Break Free From Plastic as the world’s top plastic polluter for the fifth year in a row.

Courtesy: www.inventiva.co.in