Coca-Cola weakens its goal of reducing single-use plastics

Coca-Cola weakens its goal of reducing single-use plastics
Most single-use plastics do not get recycled. (Image: Los Angeles Daily News via Getty)
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By Sarah RazaDays after the United Nations global plastics treaty negotiations failed to produce an agreement, one of the world’s top contributors to plastic pollution has abandoned its plastic reduction and reuse goals.The Coca-Cola Company announced this week that it has revised its climate goals to focus more heavily on the use of recycled materials instead of reducing virgin and single-use plastic. By 2035, the company said, it aims to increase the use of recycled plastic in packaging to 30-35% and “help ensure the collecti...

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