{"id":138607,"date":"2025-03-27T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/coca-cola-plastic-waste-in-oceans-expected-to-reach-602m-kilograms-a-year-by-2030\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T07:00:10","slug":"coca-cola-plastic-waste-in-oceans-expected-to-reach-602m-kilograms-a-year-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/coca-cola-plastic-waste-in-oceans-expected-to-reach-602m-kilograms-a-year-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Coca-Cola plastic waste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138607\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>By 2030, Coca-Cola products will account for an estimated 602m kilograms of plastic waste entering the world\u2019s oceans and waterways each year, according to a stark new analysis published Wednesday by the non-profit Oceana. That is enough plastic to fill the stomachs of 18m whales.<\/p>\n<p>The report arrives amid mounting concerns over the human health risks posed by the spread of microplastics, which scientists increasingly link to cancer, infertility and heart disease. \u201cCoca-Cola is by far the largest manufacturer and seller of beverages in the world,\u201d said Matt Littlejohn, who leads Oceana\u2019s campaigns targeting corporate polluters. \u201cBecause of that, they really matter when it comes to the impact of all this on the ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Coca-Cola ranks as the world\u2019s top branded plastic polluter, followed by PepsiCo, Nestl\u00e9, Danone and Altria, according to a 2024 study published in Science Advances. Oceana\u2019s estimate is based on Coca-Cola\u2019s publicly reported packaging data from 2018 to 2023, combined with sales growth forecasts to create a \u201cbusiness-as-usual\u201d scenario. The result: the company\u2019s plastic use is projected to exceed 4.13m tons annually by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>To estimate how much of that plastic will reach aquatic ecosystems, researchers applied a peer-reviewed method developed by an international team of scientists and published in the academic journal Science in 2020 to arrive at the 602m kg estimate, which is equivalent to nearly 220bn half-litre bottles. For Oceana, the clearest solution to reduce this staggering figure lies in bringing back reusable packaging \u2013 whether in the form of returnable glass bottles, which can be reused 50 times, or thicker PET plastic containers, which are designed for 25 uses.<\/p>\n<p>Coca-Cola itself acknowledged in 2022 that reusable packaging was \u201camong the most effective ways to reduce waste\u201d and committed to a goal of reaching 25% packaging by 2030. But that pledge was quietly dropped in its latest sustainability roadmap, released in December 2024. The company\u2019s updated goals instead focus on increasing recycled content in packaging and boosting collection rates \u2013 while stressing the significant challenges in recycling soda bottles and shifting consumer habits.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/mar\/27\/coca-cola-plastic-waste-in-oceans-expected-to-reach-602m-kilograms-a-year-by-2030\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2025\/mar\/27\/coca-cola-plastic-waste-in-oceans-expected-to-reach-602m-kilograms-a-year-by-2030\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/154804\/\">Coca-Cola plastic waste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[2848,1129,606,607,608],"class_list":["post-138607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-coca-cola","tag-ocean","tag-vau_viikkokatsaus","tag-vauen","tag-vaufien"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}