Pollution

Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper and PepsiCo have joined together in an attempt to tackle the plastic waste problem with their new campaign ‘Every Bottle Back,’ however, a spokesperson for Greenpeace told Environment Journal that if these companies were serious they would ‘shift to a system of reuse.’ 

The full environmental cost of production and consumption includes the choice of materials themselves but also the level of carbon emissions generated, and energy consumed, writes Jennifer Perr, sustainability director of Hi-Cone, beverage multi-packaging providers.