‘I will literally stop buying Coca-Cola’
To counter its image as one of the world’s biggest plastic polluters, Coca-Cola has made many eco-friendly promises and introduced some green initiatives at its facilities around the world. But his commitment to these principles seems to last only as far as the next headline or photo opportunity.
Recently, Coca-Cola South Africa came under fire for the death of an owl at its bottling plant in Midrand. reported.
What’s going on?
In early October, company officials contacted a pest control company to get rid of the owl in their factory. It’s unclear exactly what species the owl is, but experts think it’s most likely a barn owl because it’s the more common of the two species active in the area. The pest control specialist did not have the expertise to capture and relocate the owl, so he contacted the Owl Rescue Center.
“He explained to us the urgency of the matter. All production was shut down and Coca-Cola was losing hundreds of thousands in revenue.” wrote Brendan Murray of the conservation group wrote in a Facebook post about the incident, the Citizen reported.
Despite Murray’s best efforts to get to the factory, he received another call on the way: The owl had died. “It’s clear they have no value to our wildlife. It doesn’t seem like they’re prepared to lose any more revenue,” Murray said. in questionPer citizen.
Coca-Cola sent a notice to the Citizen stating that a barn owl died after flying into a glass window and door. However, even if this were true, the question remains whether this was due to the owl being chased; this was probably because the company valued restarting production during the animal’s life.
Why is an owl important?
Although the life of an owl is small compared to the huge impact the company has on the lives of both people and wildlife on the planet, it is a small example of Coca-Cola’s attitude towards the environment. It may paint its products green with small green initiatives, but it continues to adopt many harmful environmental practices.
What is being done about the incident?
Online commenters were outraged by the incident and called for revenge, The Guardian reported. Citizen.
“Boycott Coca-Cola,” one user wrote. “All their products are bad for us anyway.”
“This is the last coke for me,” agreed another.
If the owl itself isn’t reason enough to stop drinking Coca-Cola, what it represents might be.
“Ironically, the owl was probably inside his plants doing pest control on his own,” one commenter said.
“I’m going to stop buying Coca-Cola not only because of this owl, but also because having the owl means there are mice,” another user said.
The Council of National Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is also conducting an investigation.
“This is the third or fourth time we’ve had problems with Coca-Cola. These are a series of problems.” in question Murray, according to the Citizen.
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