Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé named top plastic polluters for third year in a row

Companies accused of zero progress" on reducing plastic waste, with Coca-Cola ranked No 1 for most littered products

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestle have been accused of zero progress" on reducing plastic waste, after being named the world's top plastic polluters for the third year in a row.

Coca-Cola was ranked the world's No 1 plastic polluter by Break Free From Plastic in its annual audit, after its beverage bottles were the most frequently found discarded on beaches, rivers, parks and other litter sites in 51 of 55 nations surveyed. Last year it was the most frequently littered bottle in 37 countries, out of 51 surveyed.