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Coca-Cola is world’s largest plastic polluter for second year straight

In Europe, Heineken was the third-largest plastic polluter

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Coca-Cola was once again named the world’s largest plastic polluter.

For the second year in a row, the nonprofit Break Free From Plastic tagged the Atlanta-based Coke as the biggest producer of plastic waste.

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The environmental group had 72,541 volunteers in 51 countries collect plastic waste in September, and 43 percent of what they found were clearly marked consumer brands, the Guardian reported. Coca-Cola was number one, with almost 12,000 Coca-Cola products found in 37 countries across the world.

Nestlé and Pepsico followed.

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