Coca-Cola most common littered brand on UK beaches, says study

Calls for deposit return scheme now, with report tracing 65% of branded packaging pollution back to 12 firms

Coca-Cola bottles and cans were the most prevalent branded litter on beaches in the UK, a report has found, as campaigners call on the government to get on with introducing a deposit return scheme.

Almost two-thirds (65%) of all branded packaging pollution across the UK coastline can be traced back to just 12 companies, according to the findings by the marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS).