# L.A. County Sues Pepsi and Coca-Cola Over Plastic Pollution! 🥤

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**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/l-a-county-sues-pepsi-and-coca-cola-over-plastic-pollution/295078 "2024-11-04T17:29:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/l-a-county-sues-pepsi-and-coca-cola-over-plastic-pollution/295078/1 "2024-11-04T17:29:36Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Legal Action Against Beverage Giants**  
Los Angeles County has filed a lawsuit against **Coca-Cola** and **Pepsi** , accusing them of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling and contributing to the plastic pollution crisis.

2. **Allegations of Deception**  
The suit claims the beverage companies misrepresented the environmental impacts of their plastic products, knowing that proper disposal poses serious ecological threats.

3. **Shocking Recycling Rates**  
Currently, only **9%** of the world’s plastics are recycled, while the rest are either incinerated, sent to landfills, or end up polluting natural environments, including rivers and oceans.

4. **Microplastics Concerns**  
There is increasing worry over the health and environmental effects of microplastics, which have been found in ecosystems worldwide and in nearly every living organism studied.

5. **Goals of the Lawsuit**  
The lawsuit aims to halt deceptive marketing practices, hold the companies accountable, and compel changes to reduce plastic pollution in California.

**Read more at:** [Yahoo News](https://www.yahoo.com/news/l-county-sues-pepsi-coca-202106790.html)