Tell Coca-Cola: Recommit to a World Without Waste

Coca-Cola's plastic use is a big problem for our oceans.

Oceana released a report that projects Coca-Cola's plastic use could exceed 9.1 billion pounds (4.1 million metric tons) per year by 2030. This is a 20% increase over the company’s plastic use in 2023, which was already enough plastic to circle the Earth more than 100 times!

But there is hope. Coca-Cola has a solution to its plastic problem – reusable packaging. Oceana’s report found that Coca-Cola can reduce its annual plastic use by selling more of its packaged drinks in refillable bottles.

Unfortunately, Coke recently abandoned its “World Without Waste” initiative, including its goal to increase reusable packaging and instead is doubling down on single-use plastic, prioritizing measures that won’t meaningfully reduce its plastic footprint.

Without real action and a change from its current course, by 2030, Oceana estimates that up to 1.3 billion pounds (602,000 metric tons) of the plastic packaging Coca-Cola uses annually could enter the world’s waterways and oceans.

Our oceans need Coca-Cola, as the world’s largest beverage company, to lead the way by addressing its plastic problem and prioritizing reuse by making refillable bottles available for sale everywhere.

Tell Coca-Cola to recommit to a world without waste and increase reusable packaging today.

petition letter

Dear Coca-Cola,

My name is {user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}, and I my friends and family – like so many others – have bought your products.
 
I am emailing today with Oceana to request that Coca-Cola recommit to a world without waste and increase reusable packaging. Right now, if a customer wants to buy a product made by The Coca-Cola Company, too often the default option is to get your products in single-use containers. Please do not tell me about recycling – recycling is not helping to save our oceans. Only 9% of all the plastic produced to date has been recycled.

Plastic is everywhere in our oceans, from the sea surface to our beaches and coastline, to the deepest depths of the Mariana Trench. Albatrosses have been found dead, with entire beverage bottles in their gullet. A recent study found that 100% of sea turtles have ingested or become entangled in plastic.

Reusable packaging is Coca-Cola's solution to its plastic pollution problem. But the bad news is that your company recently abandoned its goal to increase reuse!  The oceans need more. I call on Coca-Cola to take real action to address its plastic problem now by prioritizing efforts to increase reuse and giving me the option to get Coca-Cola products in refillable bottles and reusable cups rather than single-use containers.

Coca-Cola is a true leader in reuse. The company already sells billions of refillable bottles every year. Coca-Cola needs to step up and become a leader in saving the oceans.  
 
Please help protect our oceans and planet by recommitting to a world without waste and increasing reusable packaging.   
 
Sincerely,

{user_data~First Name} {user_data~Last Name}

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