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Dave's Picks | NYT | Cities Worldwide Are Reimagining Their Relationship With Cars

Dave's Picks | NYT | Cities Worldwide Are Reimagining Their Relationship With Cars

Originally published By Somini Sengupta and Nadja Popovich | Illustrations by Tim Peacock for NYT | Nov. 14, 2019

At a time when most of humanity lives in cities, where do cars belong โ€” especially the old, polluting ones that make city air foul for people to breathe?

That question has vexed city officials across the world. Many are trying a variety of measures to reimagine the role of automobiles, the machines that forever changed how people move.

The immediate motivation is clear: City dwellers want cleaner, healthier air and less traffic. The long-term payoffs can be big: Curbing transportation emissions, which account for nearly a fourth of all greenhouse gases, is vital to staving off climate catastrophes.

Dave's Picks | Coca-Cola Officially Named the Worldโ€™s Biggest Plastic Polluter

Dave's Picks | Coca-Cola Officially Named the Worldโ€™s Biggest Plastic Polluter

Originally published on High Snob Society by By Ian Servantes in Life 04 November 2019

Coca-Cola has emerged as the worldโ€™s biggest polluter of plastics, according to a new audit from Break Free From Plastics. 72,000 volunteers from across the world dug through streets, beaches, and waterways in search of plastic waste and found a staggering amount originating from the soda company. Of the 75,000 total pieces of waste collected, 11,732 belonged to Coke. Thatโ€™s more than three times the next three biggest polluters combined.

Nestle, PepsiCo, and Mondelez International (the company behind Sour Patch, Toblerone, and other snacks) were the next biggest polluters. Coca-Cola led the pollution in most regions, coming in first in Africa and Europe and second in Asia and South America. Nestle and the Solo Company were the top two polluters in America.