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Coca-Cola named world’s top plastic polluter

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A report has detailed that Coca-Cola used nearly 8 billion pounds of plastic in 2024, a marked increase from the 1.4 billion pounds it used in 2019. What’s happening? According to Oceana, citing figures from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s 2025 progress report, the company’s plastic use increased by nearly 5% in just one year, right after it scaled back its …

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End of an era for Coca-Cola in South Africa

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Coca-Cola HBC AG will buy a majority stake in Coca-Cola Beverages Africa for $2.6 billion (R45 billion) to create the second-largest bottling partner for the fizzy drink by volume globally. Coca-Cola HBC, founded in 1951 in Nigeria as the Nigerian Bottling Company, now headquartered in Switzerland, operates in 29 countries on 3 continents. The group will buy 75% of Johannesburg-based …

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