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Pacific Islanders Confront Coca-Cola, Asking the World's Worst Plastic Polluter to Bring Back Reusable Glass in Samoa

Surfer·Chris Dodds·4 days ago
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A single-use Coca-Cola bottle from Samoa landed at the company's London headquarters this week. Inside it was a letter. The letter was signed by the Samoa Conservation Society, the Pacific Islands Climate Action Network, Oceana, Break Free From Plastic, the London School of Hula and 'Ori, and the Samoa Recycling and Waste Management Association. It was addressed to Damian Gammell, CEO of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) — the largest Coca-Cola bottler by revenue, distributing the brand's products across 31 markets including the Pacific Islands. The ask was simple, and not new: bring back the reusable glass bottles in Samoa. Outside the bottler's annual general meeting on Thursday, members of the London School of Hula and 'Ori protested and performed traditional Samoan song and dance.…

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