Coca-Cola replaced Samoa's refillable glass with plastic, and islanders are fighting back

Coca-Cola replaced Samoa's refillable glass with plastic, and islanders are fighting back

Communities in Samoa and across the Pacific are pushing back after Coca-Cola switched Samoa from refillable glass bottles to single-use plastic bottles in 2021. Critics say the move is worsening pollution in a country with limited options for dealing with the waste. What happened? According to an Instagram reel from Oceana (@oceana), Coca-Cola "replaced refillable glass bottles in Samoa with single-use plastic bottles in 2021." The post warns th…