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Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)
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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.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

On those drink companies alone we have 21% of all plastic waste. Amazon packaging has to be a good 30% probably.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Excuse my ignorance but what is Amazon packaging? Everything I've ever gotten from Amazon was packaged in cardboard, but maybe that's a local thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Don't forget the big plastic bubble bags they use to pad the product inside.

In my experience, they send your purchase in a box that's easily 4x the necessary size, with the padding bubbles taking up the rest of the space.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

I've gotten a mix of bubble and paper cardboard but your right. Not just the padding but also the bubble bags they occasionally ship smaller stuff in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Every now and then I'd get the package in one of those opaque gray plastic bags that many postal services use. Probably means those.