The two tobacco companies Altria and Philip Morris International combined made up 2% of the branded plastic litter found, both Danone and Nestlé each produced 3% of it, PepsiCo was responsible for 5% of the discarded packaging, and 11% of branded plastic waste could be traced to the Coca-Cola company.
Is it also a pretty safe bet these are most of the top 60 companies in the world, and we are the ones that buy all their generic crap in plastic containers?
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It’s really about who litters surely?
Surface level - yeah I suppose? What about those who make it, those who don’t dispose of it correctly, then those in waste management who don’t care where it ends up?
It seems everyone in that chain has a responsibility of waste management. When costs inflate and services are reduced we see increased fly-tipping, and litter produced by uncollected bins, as well as shoddy disposal.
I think it’s closely related to the broken window theory. One broken window = more crime. Some litter = more litter. Most are led by influence.
I think you’ve hit it on the head with everyone in the chain being responsible- and I’ve never heard of the broken window theory but it makes alot of sense.
I wonder that any time these statistics are brought up. Like 100 companies are responsible for 70% of greenhouse gases - well isn’t it cause there’s 8 billion people buying their shit? They’re not just running those factories for the fun of it.