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Just One Word: Refillables
Summary
This Oceana report estimates how much PET plastic bottle pollution from 76 coastal countries enters the ocean and models the potential reduction if refillable bottles captured a larger market share. The analysis finds that a shift toward refillables could meaningfully reduce the volume of single-use plastic bottles reaching the ocean.
Oceana analyzed packaging market data for the nonalcoholic beverages industry, the market share of PET bottles, and plastic marine pollution data in 76 coastal countries around the world to estimate the total amount of PET plastic bottle marine pollution and the potential of increasing the market share of refillable bottles to reduce marine pollution from PET bottles.
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