Coca Cola and plastic waste

What is greenwashing?

• the process of creating an environmentally-friendly image of a brand

• Cleaning the ocean

• Saving the environment

What are the positive aspects of glass bottles ?

• reusable and people get money when returning them

• stable

• beautiful

What are the problems of plastic bottles?

• pollution (=Verschmutzung) of the environment

• Expensive

• funny smell

Why is it difficult to get the plastic bottles recycled? (2 correct answers)

• no recycling spots, collection of the bottles and exportation

• It is expensive.

• People don‘t know how to recycle.

Who are informal waste pickers?

• Volunteer workers who collect plastic

• Private companies who recycle plastic

• Tourists who collect plastic.

How long do these informal waste pickers work?

• 12 hrs a day

• 9 hours a day

• 10 hours a day

Did Coca Cola realise their promise to use 50 % of recycled material for their bottles in 2015?

• Yes

• No

• You don‘t know

What is the challenge (Herausforderung) of recycled plastic?

• Having certain hygiene standards

• The brands don‘t like recycled plastic.

• People can‘t separate the rubbish correctly.

What is plastic made of?

• It is made of sand.

• It is made of fossil fuels (= fossile Brennstoffe)

• It is made of water.

What are consequences of burning plastic instead of recycling plastic (2 correct answers) ?

• serious health problems, such as asthma and lung cancer

• air pollution (Luftverschmutzung)

• More bush fires