New York sues PepsiCo in effort to hold it responsible for litter that winds up in rivers

[Remarkableriots]

New York sues PepsiCo in effort to hold it responsible for litter that winds up in rivers

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New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday in an effort to hold the soda-and-snack food giant partly responsible for litter that winds up in bodies of water supplying the city of...

 

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Litter from many sources end up in the Buffalo River, but the attorney general's office said a 2022 survey named PepsiCo as the single largest identifiable contributor to its plastic waste. Of the 1,916 pieces of plastic waste containing an identifiable brand, 17.1% were produced by PepsiCo, according to the survey. McDonald's came in a distant second, the lawsuit said.

 

[silentbob]

I can’t see this really working, but best of luck. You’d think Coca-Cola would be tops as Pepsi was hard to find during my visit 25yrs ago on a school trip. Found it just like downtown Toronto, coca-cola machines everywhere, served in more restaurants and in stores. I did find Pepsi but harder/smaller shelf space in comparison to Coke. So I wonder if they factor Coke products WITH the McDonald’s cups, as they’re all Coke products too. 

[UpvoteShittyTakesOnly]

good stuff as large manufacturers of non reusable or properly biodegradable packaging are the reason for the litter problem

[AbsolutSurgen]

Stupid lawsuits by AGs in the US demonstrate why state AGs shouldn't be elected positions.

[PaladinSolo]

1 hour ago, silentbob said:

I can’t see this really working, but best of luck. You’d think Coca-Cola would be tops as Pepsi was hard to find during my visit 25yrs ago on a school trip. Found it just like downtown Toronto, coca-cola machines everywhere, served in more restaurants and in stores. I did find Pepsi but harder/smaller shelf space in comparison to Coke. So I wonder if they factor Coke products WITH the McDonald’s cups, as they’re all Coke products too. 

Coke is like specifically beverages while PepsiCo owns a lot of snack foods like Lays, Ruffles, and Tostitos, so all those fun size bags and stuff, as well.

[silentbob]

20 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said:

Coke is like specifically beverages while PepsiCo owns a lot of snack foods like Lays, Ruffles, and Tostitos, so all those fun size bags and stuff, as well.

Oh I know, as I was employed with PepsiCo for 7.5yrs before a wrist injury.  Coke does own a few non coke products but, yeah, we outnumbered them good on most everything else. 

[Reputator]

This doesn't really make sense to me but sure why not.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

This suit is gonna get tossed so very hard.

[Keyser_Soze]

4 hours ago, silentbob said:

I can’t see this really working, but best of luck. You’d think Coca-Cola would be tops as Pepsi was hard to find during my visit 25yrs ago on a school trip. Found it just like downtown Toronto, coca-cola machines everywhere, served in more restaurants and in stores. I did find Pepsi but harder/smaller shelf space in comparison to Coke. So I wonder if they factor Coke products WITH the McDonald’s cups, as they’re all Coke products too. 

 

Vending machines at my high school only sold Pepsi products and @Commissar SFLUFAN's favorite fast foot restaurant only sells Pepsi drinks.

[Bacon]

While it is the fault of these companies that they produce a lot of plastic, I don't see how it is their fault that it ends up in the river unless PepsiCo is dumping its trash into the river. It sounds more like a problem caused by consumers. I mean, they even call it litter.

[Air_Delivery]

9 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

Stupid lawsuits by AGs in the US demonstrate why state AGs shouldn't be elected positions.

How do you feel externalities should be dealt with?

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

11 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

This suit is gonna get tossed so very hard.

 

In fact, this suit is gonna get tossed like a Frito-Lay snack bag into a New York pond.

[elbobo]

I hate my state government so much. Let's see what should the AG go after, violent crime, rampant corruption in the state and local governments... nah. Pepsi making plastic bottles that's clearly the source of all the problems in this state

[AbsolutSurgen]

6 hours ago, Air_Delivery said:

How do you feel externalities should be dealt with?

Not with frivolous lawsuits that seem to have no chance of succeeding and appear, to someone as cynical as I, to be raised solely to gain name recognition for the DA.