A Plastic Ocean: Coca-Cola's Hidden Secrets

A staggering ten tons of plastic is churned out each second, with 10% of this ending up in our oceans. Dire predictions warn that by 2050, the seas will harbor more plastic than fish.
Confronted by this global crisis, numerous businesses, including the Coca-Cola Company, pledge to embrace recycling, despite selling a whopping 4000 plastic bottles every second worldwide.
Can we trust these multinational commitments, and is recycling truly the panacea? Our investigation into these corporate assurances reveals that their promises are as saccharine-laden as their products

[@zyxw2000]

The best solution is for bottlers first to pay for all the cleanups, then to go back to glass bottles. Glass is infinitely recyclable.

[@inmyfreetyme]

What a mess. Plastic is poison. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

[@tripzincluded8087]

but way more healthy than eatable paper or paper straws. (::)

[@margaretcervern7229]

In the USA states got rid of plastic bags no more in grocery stores and stores. Some places went back to paper more plastic everywhere now. Sterfoam can't sell either

[@jackbuno7507]

While it's not my habit to comment, I must! I admire the way that the women doing the interview with the CC exec, didn't let him slide away with his platitudes. She had the good interviewer courage to stay on her pointed questions, almost demanding that he gives a genuine answer. Most interviewers take in the company bullshit, instead of fighting.

[@648Roland]

Can remember when plastic bottles and plastic pollution didn't exist back in the days of Bakelite radios glass drink and other containers. Used to get 3d refund on any bottle we found and returned to our local store, no supermarkets back then.

[@amaliaschoeman4783]

Bring back glass bottles its better

[@jamesproffitt9641]

I would rather have glass

[@Nothingmonkey]

They just switched from blaming the consumers to other industries for not finding a way to use their trash. They make more than enough profit to switch back to a glass refund system with room to spare. If you are old enough you know it taste better in glass.

[@royrice8021]

Big business only looks at plastic from one veiw point: As long as it is economically advantageous we will continue to use it. It takes 450 years for a plastic bottle to decompose.

[@chriscox1147]

Ironically she holds all of her finds in plastic bags....

[@WhenHariMetKari]

Ironically Doomed

[@meshonte]

Thank you for this video. I hope it helps people make choices different than buying and using single use plastic, or supporting Coca-Cola in ANY way.

[@cepelinai123]

It won't, living ecologically is hard and too much time consuming

[@KoolT]

Corn syrup in colas cause diabetes and liver scarring.

[@b-radfrommalibu]

And how are you supposed to do that?

[@CrowClouds]

That won't be enough. The only way is to ban plastic bottles the same way we banned plastic grocery bags

[@zyxw2000]

@@CrowClouds But only some states banned the bags. Coca-Cola and other soda companies should pay for the cleanups.

[@tomstdenis]

Spoiler: In 2023 Coca-Cola still opposes deposits on their bottles... 🙂

[@Across_world_with_u]

And they’ll continue to do so in 2024

[@markbrophy4331]

I live in Australia. Years ago I did a trip to the outback. Crossing the boarder from South Australia to Northern Territory there was a slow reduction of rubbish and bottles on the side of the road. NT had a deposit scheme. SA didn't. I live in Victoria, and the government has just re introduced a deposit scheme.

[@lethaleefox6017]

​@@isaiahfenior1276 if I was going to vacation in Oregon... living in Washington... I have saved deposit bottles and cans to sell in Oregon to the automatic deposit return machines... the amount of money I got wouldn't pay for gas for a special trip, but if going there anyway I was willing to play with the machines that gave an in store credit... otherwise at home I use recycling bins that are part of the trash system... Has anyone built a 3D printer that has a section of it that will reduce plastic to the powder that can be used in the printer? As a part of the printer?

[@natecote1971]

Scheme? I live in Maine. USA and we have a 5cent deposit it's great! It also really helps the homeless who collect them!

[@lethaleefox6017]

@@natecote1971 do you have the UPC reading can/bottle automatic like Oregon had years ago at the grocery recycling stores... those are interesting to watch and feed... pops out a store credit that you can spend in the store... a tourist attraction in Oregon to visit.

[@LeroyHeidrich-rk6dg]

SA has had a deposit scheme since the 70s.

[@datopperharlee2628]

I live in SA and there is definitely a deposit scheme. You won't see and bottles littering the streets

[@sweettaterpie7009]

I don't even buy peanut butter in plastic jars. I make my own yoghourt and keep in glass. ETC.........PLEASE NO PLASTIC

[@tripzincluded8087]

peanut butter in plastic tastes bad.. (::) just sugar.

[@b-radfrommalibu]

I'm sure you don't wear clothes either because they are made from plastic as well. Or use eye glasses or drive a car either right?

[@sweettaterpie7009]

I wear cotton or wool. My eyeglasses are metal and glass. My car is 1991 Chevy blazer made of metal. @@b-radfrommalibu

[@pdenn1s]

8:10 That guy was Italian no Native American.

[@Marginal391]

Governments should charge deposits for alk plastic items. Also, they should install more plastic collecting bins and recycle more plastic waste.

[@LLjean-qz7sb]

Go back to glass ( or something equivalent), return to a center to recycle, clean, wash abd refill! When no longer reusable, crush, pulverise and repurpose as sand or something elsewhere. Seems very logical to me!

[@MotebangMokoena]

The bad guy is so specific, I wonder who the "Good Guy" is who funded the documentary?

[@tripzincluded8087]

hahaha (::)

[@jonjosenna5581]

Scottish drinks company BARRS had a good system. Glass bottles that when empty can be sold back to the company.

[@viatranquilla]

I knew in 1969 that plastic would become a problem simply because it was non-biodegradable.. At 66 yrs old I hate to say "I told you so" but.......

[@christinasuozzo]

Way ahead of your time. 👍🏼

[@viatranquilla]

@@christinasuozzo Ty, but I knew of ot couldn't be buried at the landfill, something was up with it.. Be well my friend and thank you again..

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Who did you tell?

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

Why is everyone only focusing on the end of the true problem and not the source. It is companies like shell and other fuel selling companies that are the real problem, that is where all the cheep material comes from.

[@tatarhead]

Thank you for this content. Very informative. It’s not only large companies that need to make changes but municipalities. The City of Lumberton , NC where I live has done away with its curb side collection of recyclables. To my knowledge there is no recycling program here any longer.

[@amandanz1973]

Well presented video. Thankyou

[@leonardomino8054]

Excellent documentary, well done!! keep in that way 👏👏

[@anthsallwonky]

Thank you for this look inside the many costs of plastic and what recycling can be like in a poverty economy. I remember when plastic straws were banned in St Pete Florida. Right before the pandemic. Great documentary you gave us here.

[@natecote1971]

Yupnthey banned straws yet ALMOST EVERYTHING is made with plastic!

[@_Wai_Wai_]

The plastic waste in the USA is basically exported to poorer countries

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

That black plastic is what you put inside a metal chair so you do not scratch the floor.

[@DougPVlogs]

In Belize the coca-cola recycling program buys back all the plastic bottles. Then they take the plastic bottles to the dump and burn them.

[@CCLXII]

Burning creates another environmental problem. Both the bottle and it’s contents are hazardous to humans

[@marky5493]

i think hes being ironic...@@CCLXII

[@Gaiandreamer]

Thank you for this analyses. Clearly profit over planet is the driving force. Have you researched the contamination aspect of an acidic fluid or any fluids contained in plastic? I have seen truckloads of plastic water bottles exposed to sun and high temperatures that likely cause plastic contamination of the contents. What about the aspect of diminishing local water resources for global consumption? This issue is larger than simply plastic waste.

[@Nothingmonkey]

In the USA the water is not considered food so it can be packaged in non-food grade plastic containers that are known to leech carcinogens into the product when exposed to direct sun light. They just switched from blaming the consumers to other industries for not finding a way to use their trash.

[@jeroen7716]

I hope thats the only driving force

[@anumatis]

Thank you for this kind of videos. Even I don't buy beverages and water in plastic water... seeing so much plastic and trash that humankind is able to produce makes me act more responsible in my life and thinking of goods I buy.

[@acow9966]

I burn my trash

[@b-radfrommalibu]

So how do you purchase your beverages then?

[@anumatis]

@@b-radfrommalibu I drink tap water, tea and coffee. No sweet sodas - I'm not into it. And I drink wine in moderate, which is in glass.

[@Fido-vm9zi]

Most tap water is toxic, polluted, treated & gross ​@anumatis

[@pravachan4355]

CC and other companies should pay for the clean equipment used in ocean cleaning.

[@highonahill]

Drink water. 200 bucks buys undersink RO systems, make your home your source of water. For food, try to buy paper, or glass packaged. I have a sweet collection of large/med/small uniform jars and steel lids that make great containers, and the adams peanut butter label is paper to boot.

[@BIBIWCICC]

We have the same problem with “ Harrogate water” the original family sold the company to Cova Cola as the son racked up tons of debt buying crap Mclarens, they now want to pump twice the amount of water and double the size of the plant. The planning permission was rejected initially due to the protected woods around it, but it won’t be long before they have bribed the local council. Sadly they think they own the water where as in reality they only own a license to extract it. These licenses must be annually reviewed to prevent over extraction and protect our water tables from profiteering companies like Danone who now own it.

[@lethaleefox6017]

A question that needs asked and answered is where plastic is a resource to be recycled, has Coca-Cola invested in the recycling side of the business... bottle recycling plants within reach of mountains of returned bottles... not relying on China to buy the plastic... plastic bottle (or other useful recycled plastic products) manufacturing plants to make things that will push up demand for the plastic resource... Perhaps a factory to supply 3D printers and the supplies of the materials (plastic) to stimulate local jobs... sometimes to get a recycling ♻️ economy to function you need to build the return end... A journalist looking at that part of the cycle...?

[@user-lk7ir8cn2g]

日本では、普通の家庭、どこでも ペットボトルはリサイクル♻️対象で、しっかりと分別されている。

[@user-xn6ef5ph1d]

❤To jest smutne korporacje są winne 100 %ich trzeba karać dobitnie 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@anumatis]

to rovnež od nás záleží, jestli budeme kupovať ich produkty.

[@brichusi]

California has been charging $.05 cents per bottle of water when purchased. But claim you can redeem your plastic and get your money back. Instead it's going to the Newsom campaign fund. They used to let you go back to the store and get money, then retail machines, now there is no where to redeem your plastic bottles to replenish your deposit A good lawyer should file a class action suit to help the millions of Americans who have been getting robber for years from California.

[@dellingson4833]

The best part of that commercial is that Indian @8:22 is a Frenchmen.

[@davebloggs]

The bottom line is it is way cheaper to use virgin plastic and hence make bigger profits.that is the problem in a nut shell. any form of recycling eats into that bottom line so will never happen.

[@duncanself5111]

Prehaps we should go back to using more glass containers

[@gungnir3926]

if nothing else its much healthier for you and especially men, because plastic is bad for testosterone in particular.

[@marychristmas4911]

Corporate greed in a nutshell, or should that be a plastic bottle🤔

[@oranggy1st]

The biologist killing fishes to look for plastics .. 😅

[@Fido-vm9zi]

I always think of that too.

[@davidescozzi9885]

They, in fact, do not have an alternative container, or they think of making one. Business and profits only. The consumer can make a change, but Coca Cola knows, that in the world there are millions of people that, just like them ,do not care about the consequences of their choices.

[@brendanjohanson5958]

Thanks for your hard work

[@mortkb]

The real reason plastic is not recycled as much as we think is because of quality. When a company is manufacturing products that have plastic, they continue to rely on brand new plastic to retain the quality levels they want to maintain in their products. Recycled plastic products tend to be lesser quality and if affects the presentation of their products. A cloudy, ugly looking Coke bottle or a fragile gadget made of recycled plastic does not meet their quality control standards and they just don't bother with recycles.

[@PierretteMarie-celineTur-mo5nx]

Telement triste, que nos dirigeants n'ont pas réagi plus vite pour protéger notre planète TAIRE. 😮😮😢😢

[@ejonesss]

that plastic cube is a bobbin that held a coil of wire used in power supplies to hold the suppression coil that prevents high frequency noise from propagating back up the power line. or it is the plastic foot plug that goes into the legs of the so called "honey can do" shelving to prevent scratching floors and tearing carpets.

[@jesses1589]

Probably the latter.

[@mistercohaagen]

This film did nothing to address why it keeps ending up in the ocean. Who is dumping it there? If they want a circular materials economy, the very first step would be storing materials. The ocean is a very costly place to "store" things you're hoping to one day retrieve.

[@timcrompton3427]

I came here to say that Christmas is responsible for a fair amount of this plastic waste.

[@katiekane5247]

My "no plastic grocery bag" neighbors have 5 or more 10' inflatables in their yard. So festive 😵‍💫

[@JASON36988]

If sugar molecules bends light, can't you make a hemp based bottle with a layer of sugar or something that prevents the bottle from affecting the taste? Recycling obviously isn't working as is.

[@robertlinder8464]

Everyone knows you need to solve the root cause of a problem, otherwise it won't dissapear. Essentially, we need companies to ensure their products are biodegradable.

[@hadiesyahidin1620]

Dinegaraku saja masalah sampah plastik sudah mencemari pedesaan di sungai yang dulu bersih dari sampah plastik sekarang jadi masalah yang serius yang tak kunjung ada solusi kongkrit dari pemerintah setempat dan masyarakat sekarang kurang kesadaran terhadap lingkungan yang berdampak buruk di masa depan

[@motorsikletcim91]

Goverments should ban the plastic bottles. Glass bottles must be mandatory.

[@zetsun0]

Countries should ENFORCE that, in cases of companies that create this much waste, that it would be required of them to have the necassary infrastructure to deposit and recycle the remains of the product after use.

[@davebloggs]

But these companies control the decision makers and politicians so will never happen.

[@_Wai_Wai_]

Recycling plastics makes no sense at this point. Expending the energy to turn a used bottle thru melting is not sustainable. With the existing plastic waste, you can either reuse it or down cycle it. Mix the melted plastic with sand and tar to make tiles for roofs, for park paths. But they also need to stop producing and using the plastic at such scales.

[@felipesoares-um6vd]

documentário de suma importância!

[@648Roland]

When doing a grocery shop try 'not' to buy anything that uses plastic containers or packaging. Plastics are sadly everywhere now.

[@tripzincluded8087]

"all plastics are oil products and everything, I mean everything in human society is based on Oil, even our medicines. (::)

[@b-radfrommalibu]

That's what I am saying. All these people are saying that they don't buy drinks in plastic or disposable type of containers so how are they buying them? Because I don't have any other options in Southern California. If they sold 7 up in an invisible container I would buy it but they don't.

[@57monoshock]

And never use plastic bags to haul your groceries home. I just put my groceries in the car and unload when I get home no bags needed.

[@648Roland]

@@57monoshock I bring enough woven cloth or string bags to carry what I buy which I've used for years.

[@57monoshock]

If everyone would do this it would help greatly. I go fishing in my local lakes and rivers and see plastic bags in the water all the time, sad.@@648Roland

[@pandashazz27]

Excellent documentary, DnD the female journalist who interviewed the Coca-Cola man was superb, bravo! I'm very glad I don't like the taste of coke!

[@davidb2206]

The "Crying Indian" was an Italian actor in Hollywood.

[@KC_001]

The irony is scientist who is working on fishes is keeping plastic inside the plastic bag and telling plastic is very generous 😂😂😂😂😂

[@helloicanseeu2]

her laptop is plastic, the gloves are plastic, so ... we go live in caves and wear loinclothes?

[@Grisuu]

@@helloicanseeu2would be a solution. But at least biodegradable materials, this is the way to go

[@lynnchuck60]

​@@Grisuubiodegradable? So it can be 110% thrown away and most definately and instantly contaminate the surrounding enviroment. Genius!

[@Grisuu]

@@lynnchuck60 i think you do not understand the term, inform yourself

[@AlwayslookingNeverlookedfor]

​@@lynnchuck60man your dumb. Lmao 😅

[@yolantadianow1584]

❤❤all people are guilty...drinking chemicals and dumping everywhere

[@oranggy1st]

Plot twist: This video is sponsored by Pepsi.

[@Mada-yq5sf]

Coke secretly own pepsi

[@jameswest4819]

It is time that people learned that almost all of our waste, except for glass and metal but including animal waste and human sewage can all be reduced into oil, very much the same as the way fossil fuels were created. Plastic does not need to be separated. It just needs to be turned back into oil and then back into whatever plastic that is needed. We have a never-ending supply of garbage and sewage. It is absolutely sustainable.

[@paultaylor7947]

I think that they should keep the basic water supply store eg.public utility drainage And pipes properly maintained instead of polluting the water in the rivers or resevoirs and the open sewage spilling out onto the beach or street. Thames water for example

[@Fido-vm9zi]

They really polluted way back when.

[@prenpithungngullie4119]

It was Sunday morning when I watched this video. 10 December 2023. 🤣

[@gobelnik]

Yes, I did it as well.

[@ronalddesiderio7625]

If you get rid of plastic all those people lose their jobs.

[@gungnir3926]

no shit the truth about modern society is that most of all jobs and some of all jobs are completely useless and only exist to hide the fact that most people are not needed in the production chain anymore because of technology. the jobs main produce is to keep the masses occupied.

[@tripzincluded8087]

no one can get rid of plastics it's a residue of the oil industry. (::)

[@mamareed810]

Does the acid in Coke react with the BPA in the plastic bottles?

[@susanhanstock6879]

Plastic is not just in fish stomachs, it is also in baby Albatross stomachs, and they die in their nests! 🥺

[@PraveenSriram]

That is very sad 😞

[@father5gang]

Wha ha, that group of people in Versailles 10:22 who know it all are drinking coffee from plastic throw away cups.!!

[@chrissullivan7639]

It requires 40% more energy to recycle aluminum than plastic. So that equates to more CO2 pollution. So do you think you right??

[@raysamtv]

If not for journalists and journalism this word would have turned to something else in the hands 😢 of the I don't care set of people... Thanks for this investigation

[@618Hellbilly]

This small house? 6:30

[@markb4700]

It is more than water in the bottle. Yeah, Bottle in the water...

[@molliedash6126]

Returning to glass bottles would be impossible because of the volume of products now sold. The volume has to do with the way products are sold at the retail level. We no longer sit at a soda fountain. We barely sit down for lunch. The past three years has ushered in a new era of exponentially more takeout food. I don't know how the problem of plastic waste will be solved since our habits have shifted so drastically. Placing deposits on bottles does so little. I tried saving my returnables, but the small amount of money received wasn't worth the effort. To my surprise, I heard someone rummaging through my recycling can last week. I went outside to make sure the person wasn't making a mess. I witnessed someone wearing a headlamp, quickly going from can to can on pickup night. I saw a lot of collectors when I lived in nyc. Now, living in the country is so expensive that we have collectors here too.

[@gy2gy246]

The majority of plastic garbage in the oceans comes from rivers in Asia, South America and Africa. There is often no garbage pickup or recycling in those countries. Try viewing the videos about the most polluted rivers in the world.

[@molliedash6126]

I will, thank you.

[@mr.singing5824]

I appreciate you sharing this video. I have decided not to purchase plastic Coca-Cola bottles after watching it.

[@voyd1507]

What about other companies selling plastic containers?

[@oranggy1st]

After 3 days, back in drinking coke .. 😂😂😂

[@pedromain]

The problem is that most food & beverage companies dont give us the option of no plastic packages. Im trying but is kinda scary how everything is plastic today. Metal cans, glass bottles are just disappearing.

[@michaelmclaughlin1970]

Another prime example of greet before environment… This French CEO needs to swim in a swimming pool full of those plastic bottles

[@osbodav]

For those that do this invest in buying a pair of hyflex gloves they are cut resistant.

[@Alazeth]

It really is the consumer responsibility to recycle. I seen people making green house homes with plastic bottles. Plastic has alot more usecase and humans haven't figured it out yet.🎉

[@bad71hd]

Nothing makes soda taste worse than plastic. When I could no longer get it in glass.. I stopped using all dodas

[@user-cd2wg4qd9f]

What a slick con Make a prob;lem then blame individuals for Not diposing of it correctly

[@Giuseppe-mg8io]

Pazzesco😱😱😱

[@daveperry2772]

All soda should be in glass bottles that way if it ends up in the ocean a fish or whatever won’t eat it it could be there home.

[@StraightouttaBristol]

I hope her plastic bags for holding the contents of the fish are .... Biodegradable 😂

[@jamesrogalski2085]

I never understood why we got away from using glass bottles. Soda tastes better in glass and always has.

[@gy2gy246]

Because plastic was cheaper.

[@mrmosty5167]

The Coke formula itself is also a hidden secret

[@is94227]

All the nice talk about environment is made by the big companies and politicians, and all the costs are supported by the middle class, that will never change, doesn't matter if its plastic or CO2 we are talking about.

[@justinferguson9779]

Wally’s World when the earth has no more room for trash.

[@thomaspepper2201]

Up to 50% of plastic is burned as an ""open bid market price"" sold at a market price as exciter fuel used in Bio fuel power generation plants what is not used ends in land fills other, is reused reclaimed. pretty said

[@michaelmclaughlin1970]

Simple solution make companies like Coca-Cola produce using 70% recycled plastic only 30% new material.

[@zyxw2000]

I saw a similar video to this about a year ago, and Coke has made no progress in solving the problem.

[@rosameltrozo976]

Una solución es que todos los líquidos se vendan en envases retornables de vidrio como se hacía al principio

[@piee683]

The irony of paying 30p for bag in supermarket whilst 99percent of goods there come wrapped in plastic

[@peaceandlove9858]

Make plastic out of something fish like to eat.... PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL OF US AND ALL OF THEM

[@TRICHOMETRIST]

Original airdate??? 2023 - now , any follow ups??

[@7msjster]

I was going to a food bank. It always had everything I would normally buy. Except for single serving packaging. Herbs for example, a few spriggs of an herb in hardy plastic! Salad greens in plastic. I actually found other storage uses for this plastic. I was just one person usin this and after a few months the plastic I collected grew and grew. Again, this is just one person. He shake. Manufacturing packaging gets an "F".

[@campbellpaul]

Proof of corporate contribution helped take Teflon off the market, as it was a product on the shelf prior to the consumer purchasing it.

[@cyborgblowfish4875]

Not exactly, they just moved from one PFAS to another PFAS. (Wikipedia) The commonly known brand name of PTFE-based composition is Teflon by Chemours, a spin-off from DuPont, which originally discovered the compound in 1938. PTFE is one of the best-known and widely applied PFAS commonly described as persistent organic pollutants or "forever chemicals". Only since the start of the 21st century has the environmental impact and toxicity to human and mammalian life been studied in depth. For decades, DuPont used perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, or C8) during production of PTFE, later discontinuing its use due to ecotoxicological and health issues that led to legal actions. Dupont's spin-off Chemours today manufactures PTFE using an alternative chemical it calls GenX, another PFAS.

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

Years ago there was a $deposit on all containers, that way people were incentivised to return the container... Why is that not a solution?

[@asenfilev239]

I have lived under communism as well as now. The difference is that back then a family of four threw out two containers of garbage, and now a family of two throws out the same amount in a week. Considering that the garbage generated at that time was mostly paper and organic waste. I'm talking about the 1980s. I'm not saying communism is the cause of less generated decay, but it's the way to go. Unfortunately, the garbage is largely due to competition and the greed of companies to attract the consumer with shiny packaging. Trying to recycle and solve the garbage problem is like giving painkillers to a person with kidney stone disease instead of removing the stone from the kidney. Sorry, but I use google translate, my english is not very good.

[@n.h13]

The hypocrisy is just unpalatable!!

[@rockdean1]

No one believes the interviewer never heard of Desani.

[@Glic2000]

This documentary doesn't really touch on the fundamental problem with plastic: it can't really be recycled. If you take all those used plastic bottles and melt them down, the resulting material can't be used to make new bottles. Plastic just doesn't really work that way and it's a serious problem. This is why we see bags made out of used bottles and similar products; because the material needs to be "downcycled" to make something less structurally sound. It's not possible to have "zero waste" production as long as you're using plastic.

[@osantudor4687]

We're strugling to recycle and sort the garbage and lower the production of plastic in Europe....back in Africa our brothers from Ghana are burning cables and all kind of electric devices for the copper ....but it's good we're fighting in europe ( a small part of the world ) but others.....😢

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

Glass is heavy and is burning diesel better than plastic. And in cans there is plastic. And there is a lot more manufacturer that Coca-cola.