LA County Sues PepsiCo, Coca-Cola Over Plastic (Connecting the Dots: PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Los Angeles & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Newsmax.com
Thursday,
31 October 2024 12:31 PM EDT
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/streettalk/los-angeles-county-pepsico/2024/10/31/id/1186189/
Los Angeles County
has sued beverage makers PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, accusing them of
polluting the most populous U.S. county with plastic bottles and misleading the
public about the environmental impact and recyclability of their containers.
The
county in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court said the
companies were contributing to plastic pollution with their single-use plastic
bottles and were engaging in a campaign to deceive consumers into believing
they were recyclable.
According
to the Democratic-governed county's lawsuit, the companies did so despite
knowing the plastic in their bottles cannot be recycled at a scale meaningful
enough to offset the environmental harms of the containers, most of which end
up at landfills or as litter.
The
county contends the plastic pollution traced to products made by the companies
constitutes a public nuisance that they must be forced to redress. According to
the lawsuit, Pepsi and Coca-Cola should be required to pay penalties for
engaging in unfair and deceptive business practices.
"Coke
and Pepsi need to stop the deception and take responsibility for the plastic
pollution problems your products are causing," Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors Chair Lindsey Horvath, a Democrat, said in a statement.
The
companies did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. In
response to similar lawsuits in the past, they have denied making misleading
statements and have said they were working toward environmental sustainability.
The
case marks the latest in a string of lawsuits by U.S. state and local
governments and environmental advocates against companies that make and market
plastics.
Pepsi
is currently fighting a plastic pollution lawsuit filed by New York's attorney
general last year, and California's attorney general in September similarly
sued oil company Exxon Mobil, which produces polymers, which are used to make
single-use plastic. Both attorneys general are Democrats.
An
appeals court in Washington, D.C., in August revived a lawsuit filed in 2020 by
the environmental group Earth Island Institute accusing Coca-Cola of misleading
consumers into believing its business was environmentally sustainable.
More
than 400 million tons of plastic waste is produced globally every year, with
less than 10% of it being recycled, according to the UN Environment Programme,
choking landfills and despoiling oceans.
According
to the new lawsuit, plastic accounted for 246,124 tons of all waste materials
produced by residences in Los Angeles County in 2024 and 628,211 tons of all
commercial waste in the community.
Connecting
the Dots:
Eric Garcetti is
the Los Angeles (CA) mayor and a trustee at the Museum
of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
Jeffrey Soros is the president
emeritus for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and George
Soros’s nephew.
George Soros is Jeffrey
Soros’s uncle and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Donald F. McHenry is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
director at the Coca-Cola Company.
James D.
Robinson III is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a director at the Coca-Cola Company.
Larry D. Thompson is
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the
EVP of governmental affairs, general counsel & secretary for PepsiCo,
Inc.
Michael H. Jordan was
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the
division chairman & CEO for PepsiCo, Inc.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the International Rescue Committee.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the International Rescue Committee.
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Dina Dublon is
an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a
director at PepsiCo, Inc.
Indra K. Nooyi is
an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and the
chair & CEO for PepsiCo, Inc.
Evan G. Greenberg is
an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a
director at the Coca-Cola Company.
Tarun Das is the
international advisory board member for the Coca-Cola Company and was
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is Jeffrey
Soros’s uncle.
Jeffrey Soros is George
Soros’s nephew and the president emeritus for the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.
Eric Garcetti is
a trustee at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Los
Angeles (CA) mayor.
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