In a Mastodon post, @stux writes:

Coca Cola is a perfect example of a ‘run away company’ that’s just unstoppable

They simply decline all responsibility in cleaning their trash while making the plastic pollution issue much worse

The company has stupid responses like:

“We will invest in the local community to teach them about recycling”

While there are NO places to recylce the bottles 🙄

It’s just insane how fast we pollute our shared planet for consumption but mostly greed because I do believe we CAN do better

We must.

I hear them. I do. But I wonder why this is on Coca-Cola. Are critics wanting CC to only use aluminum? Glass? It’s clear they don’t want them to use plastic. I’m in support of that.

But at some point, the lack of recycling is not on them. It’s been proven that municipalities do not see the return or sustainability on supporting recycling services. It is sad, to be sure. But that’s on the local municipality, not the manufacturer.

I don’t understand why glass is not easily recyclable, but I’m not versed in that topic at all. So I won’t pontificate here.

What I will say is that I wouldn’t mind if we went back to soda fountain counters. I think it would be a wonderful social plus. Not to mention it would get us out of drinking soda at home. There’s got to be a health benefit there.

Just my opinion.