Coca-Cola doesn't give up plastic bottles

Bea Peres, head of environmental sustainability at the company, said for the BBC that consumers still want to use plastic bottles because of duplication, and that is why they will not give up on use.

We don't do well if we don't take care of consumers. That's why, while we change our bottle production infrastructure and present a recycling system, so we have to show consumers what the benefits are. They would change with us,” she said.

Perez also said she respects the idealism of young activists, such as 19-year-old Melati Visen, who last year, with her sister Isabel's help, convinced Bali authorities in Indonesia to stop plastic bags for a use, as this type of plastic has blocked surrounding seas and damaged marine life.

Otherwise, the Koca-Cola beverage giant produces about three million tons of plastic package a year, which is 200,000 bottles a minute. In 2019, the humanitarian organisation Break-free declared Coca-Cola the largest pollutant among the brands,