♫Nothing could ever bring me down♫, seems like Coca-Cola has literally taken its 2016 campaign slogan seriously. They have again retained the top position as the top polluters of single-use plastic for the 5th time in a row, with 20.78% of the total waste. ESDO conducted this year’s audit in three different cities, which are Dhaka, Khulna, and Chittagong. More than 250 volunteers conducted the audit on August 25th, September 20th, and September 24th, respectively. To share the result of the audit, ESDO conducted a media briefing event on Monday, October 17, 2022, at ESDO’s head office.

Around 30862 pieces of plastic waste were collected by the volunteers in three cities. The brands include Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mum, Pran, Zaa and Zee, Alooz, Matador Orbit, Bashundhara tissue (packet), Fresh Tissue (packet), Lexus, Center Fruit, Fruit Fun, Pulse, Ruchi, Sunsilk, Center Fruit, Mum, Kinley, etc. The total list is dominated mainly by The Coca-Cola Company, Pran-RFL Group, PepsiCo, Partex Group, Akij Food & Beverage Limited, and Unilever.