Will Coca-Cola stop making plastic bottles?

The greatest plastic polluter in the world, Coca-Cola said shoppers still like and want the plastic bottles.

Cola-Cola produces around 300 million tons of plastic globally every year, 78% of it isn't reused. About 8.8 million tons of plastic get dumped into seas every year!

Coca-Cola was declared as the greatest plastic polluter and still denies to get rid of the bottles, They said getting rid of the plastic bottles right now would annoy customers and damage the company sales. They said customers enjoyed and valued the lightweight bottles which can be re-sealed. They also featured their vow to use at least half reused packaging material by 2030. The company has vowed to work all over the world to reduce plastic waste. A worldwide review by Break Free From Plastic a year ago showed Coca-Cola as the world's top plastic polluter, close to Nestle, and PepsiCo.

Source: Forbes.com

"Business won't be in business if we don't accommodate consumers," said Bea Perez Coca-Cola's senior VP for manageability and open undertakings told BBC.

Bans on Plastic Items

As more cities and nations decide to ban each kind of plastic, companies will be required to make changes. Seattle and loads of other cities have restricted plastic straws as of now, California banned plastic bags in 2014, India intends to get free all single-use plastic by 2022, and in Kenya, anyone who's found using, making, or selling a plastic bag will face up to four years in prison or a $38,000 fine. 

In January 2018, the UK declared a 25-year plan to "set the global gold standard" on getting rid of a major part of plastic waste, as said the environment minister Michael Gove. It's not exactly a complete ban, however, with “leave-on” items like sunscreen cosmetics still allowed to contain micro-beads. 

In July 2017, Zimbabwe declared an absolute ban on extended polystyrene (EPS), a Styrofoam-like material used for food containers that take up to a million years to decompose. Those who resist the ban should pay a fine of somewhere in the range of $30 and $500. In February, Taiwan declared one of the farthest-reaching bans on plastic in the world, banning the use of single-use plastic bags, straws, utensils, and cups. The ban should be finished by 2030.

Solutions

In the end, there might be bans on each kind of single-use plastic. When these rules go live, corporations will have no choice but to find alternatives or use the plastic for good or use is to transform it into other plastic items.

Here is a video that shows how Loop Industries separates plastic items and turns them into new plastic items.