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Our Coke Campaign Goes Global!

Posted by Tisha Brown - 2nd October 2017
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Collection of coca cola bottles and caps found on Freedom Island, Philippines, during a cleanup activity.

For the past few months, we have been campaigning for Coke to stop choking our oceans. Coca Cola are the largest soft drinks company in the world. We estimated that globally they produce 100 billion single use plastic bottles every year, a figure that’s going up and up… Read More

Greenpeace take on Coca-Cola’s plastic footprint – the campaign so far

Posted by Louisa Casson - 26th September 2017
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Greenpeace UK Oceans campaigner Tisha Brown stands beside a collection of Coca-Cola bottles and caps found on Freedom Island, Philippines, during a cleanup activity. EDIT: © Daniel Müller / Greenpeace
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For the last nine months, Greenpeace have been targeting the soft drinks giant to reduce its gigantic plastic footprint. Here are the campaign highlights so far. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in… Read More

Coca-Cola’s Love Story: where’s the happy ending?

Posted by Louisa Casson - 8th September 2017
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Dear Coca-Cola, I feel like our relationship is on the rocks. Take for example, your big romantic gesture to woo me with your cutesy multi-million pound Love Story advert – coming to a cinema near us all this autumn. Showing me we still have so much in common, like a… Read More

A monument to plastic pollution has arrived in London

Posted by Louisa Casson - 2nd August 2017
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Sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor's ocean plastic sculpture "Plasticide" is unveiled in London. The artwork has been produced in collaboration with Greenpeace. It seeks to bring home the stark reality of plastic pollution on our oceans and marine life.

Plasticide is back! Greenpeace’s monument to plastic pollution, created by celebrated artist Jason deCaires Taylor, is showing for the summer alongside the River Thames at London Bridge City’s festival. If you’re in or visiting London this August, come down and see for yourself this stark portrayal of plastic… Read More

If you care so much, Coke, why aren’t your bottles 100% recycled?

Posted by John Sauven - 13th July 2017
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Coke bottle found on a beach clean in Mull, Scotland
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Coca-Cola’s grand announcement on plastic packaging is a lot of PR fizz. But when you look at the detail, it’s all a bit flat. The news that the company is to increase the amount of recycled plastic in its bottles to 50% shows a startling lack of… Read More

Coke are still choking our oceans: Our response to Coca-Cola’s PR spin

Posted by Fiona Nicholls - 12th July 2017
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Coke Bottles Found on Beach Clean Mull Scotland
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People power works. Over 90,000 of us have emailed the bosses of Coca-Cola saying enough is enough, and after 3 months of pressure from Greenpeace, Coke is finally realising the risk that ocean plastic pollution is posing to its brand. This morning Coca-Cola made an announcement in response to all… Read More