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mfb- t1_ivtx5vx wrote

Reply to comment by neil470 in [OC] World's Largest Plastic Polluter Now 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference Sponsor by haboo213

It's also ignoring the relative size of the companies. PepsiCo has twice the revenue of Coca Cola, but I don't know how much of that is in products that could potentially become waste and how much is elsewhere.

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Wise_Mongoose_3930 t1_ivubbf4 wrote

Also if I buy a bottle of coke every day, and throw it in the ocean….but one day decide to switch to Pepsi, did come just get more eco friendly? Did Pepsi just get less eco friendly?

According to this chart, the answers are yes and yes, but obviously that’s not correct… right?

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RevengencerAlf t1_ivvo8o2 wrote

I don't know the exact numbers but as someone who worked for one of these companies in the past... CocaCola is bigger in the space that they both share business in (beverages). But PepsiCo makes a ton of money from FritoLay, Quaker, and other food brands across the world.

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dawgm4tic t1_ivwr9rw wrote

PepsiCo also introduced biodegradable chip bags last year, according to a quick Google search. That probably helps some ¯⁠\⁠⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠⁠/⁠¯

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AV8R_1951 t1_ivvzpyi wrote

Bingo! This comparison is useless without tying plastic waste to revenue in the shared space.

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