Cola’s annual plastic use may exceed 9.1 billion pounds (4.1 million metric tons) by 2030 if the soft drink giant fails to change course. This projection marks nearly a 40% rise from 2018 and a 20% ...

When Coca-Cola fully took control of BodyArmor in 2021 in a $5.6 billion deal, the company had the goal of it “becoming the #1 global sports drink,” toppling PepsiCo’s Gatorade from its top-selling ...

which was already enough plastic to circle the Earth more than 100 times. The report also estimates that up to 1.3 billion pounds (602,000 metric tons) of the plastic packaging that Coca-Cola uses ...