The Coca-Cola Company is misleading the public about its use of recycled plastic in making soda bottles, the GrassRoots Recycling Network said today. Leaders of the national environmental organization called upon Coca-Cola Chairman Douglas Daft to withdraw a 'consumer advisory' on the company's Internet web page or produce verifiable documentation to support the claims.
Consumers deserve to know the truth.
Coke is also misleading the public about the amount of recycled plastic they're using. Until they do, pressure will continue to mount from the environmental community, local governments and concerned investment firms. Council President Pro Tem Ruth Galanter announced last week in a news conference with GRRN that she would be introducing the resolution. GRRN noted that Coke's public statements about using recycled plastic began to change last summer when it received nearly 40,000 letters, calls and e-mails calling on the company to make recycled plastic bottles. The GrassRoots Recycling Network launched its campaign in April 1997 calling upon Coca-Cola to take responsibility for the billions of plastic Coke bottles wasted every year, by making new bottles with recycled plastic.