Already criticized during the Games, the American company explained that it had to use plastic bottles on certain Olympic sites.
The American giant had indicated in a press release that it was necessary to find the “best conditions of safety and food quality”, but also “to adapt to each site and its technical and logistical constraints”, citing among these arrivals water and electricity, the “available surface area” or “storage space”.
The non-alcoholic drinks giant had stated that these bottles would be “sorted and compacted in order to be recycled”.
However, “plastic has an environmental impact from its production”, recalls Axèle Gibert, responsible for waste management at FNE, who also highlights the presence of microplastics in the liquids drunk in these bottles.
She denounces a “double discourse” that we find “on the negotiations on the plastic treaty”.
In Busan (South Korea), representatives from 178 countries are working on this international treaty intended to eliminate plastic pollution.
But if some countries want to aim for a reduction in production and the elimination of “unnecessary” plastics, others, including large oil producers, are opposed to any quantified objective on production.
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