{"id":3674,"date":"2019-11-14T16:10:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T10:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/?p=3674"},"modified":"2019-11-14T16:10:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T10:10:59","slug":"5-global-plastic-polluters-has-been-identified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/5-global-plastic-polluters-has-been-identified\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Global Plastic Polluters has been identified!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dhaka,\n14th<\/sup> November, 2019: The top 5 global plastic polluters are\nCoca-Cola, Unilever, Nestle, Pepsico, Mondelez International has been identified.\nThe global contributors to the plastic pollution identified from the brand\naudit conducted by Break free from plastic globally in September, 2019. As part of Global Week of Action under the Break Free from\nPlastic movement, Environment and Social Development Organization- ESDO has\norganized a human chain by demonstrating against the top 5 corporate plastic\npolluters on Thursday in front of the National Press Club.More than 100, team members of ESDO, Girls\u2019 Guide and media have joined in this human\nchain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day the\nplastic pollution crisis seems to grow. The major plastic\npolluters don\u2019t manage their plastic waste effectively. After the brand audit, #breakfreefromplastic\naims to reduce the plastic waste by pressurizing the companies through show\ndemonstration against the top plastic polluters globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plastic pollution can\nafflict land, waterways and oceans.However, the chemical structure of\nmost plastics renders\nthem resistant to many natural processes of degradation and as a result they\nare slow to degrade. The\nbillions upon billions of items of plastic waste\nchoking our oceans, lakes, and rivers and piling up on land is more than\nunsightly and harmful to plants\nand wildlife. Plastic Pollution\nis a very real and growing threat to human health\nand environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On\nthe occasion of World Cleanup Dayon September 21, 2019, individuals\nandorganizations around the world mobilizedtheir communities to conduct\nclean-upsand brand audits to hold corporationsaccountable for the extensive use\nof single-use and throw-away plastic packaging intheir products.Break Free From\nPlastic engaged72,541 volunteers in 51 countries to conduct484 brand audits.\nThese volunteers collected476,423 pieces of plastic waste, 43% of whichwas\nmarked with a clear consumer brand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BFFP\nis an international movement envisioning a future free from plastic pollution.\nSince its launch in September 2016, nearly 1,500 organizations from across the\nworld have joined the movement to demand massive reductions in single-use\nplastics and to push for lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis. Brand\naudit is an important initial step of BFFP towards the formation of single use\nplastic pollution free world. The primary objective of brand auditing is to\naudit and identify top corporate single use plastic polluters whose products\nare largely contributing in creating plastic pollution. Environment and Social\nDevelopment Organization- ESDO is one of the foundingmember of Break Free From\nPlastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, please visit –https:\/\/www.breakfreefromplastic.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Information: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shazia Jannat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jr. Program Associate,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ESDO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: shazia@esdo.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka, 14th November, 2019: The top 5 global plastic polluters are Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestle, Pepsico, Mondelez International has been identified. The global contributors to the plastic pollution identified from the brand audit conducted by Break free from plastic globally in September, 2019. As part of Global Week of Action under the Break Free from Plastic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press_release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3676,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3674\/revisions\/3676"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}