PepsiCo manufactures some of the nation s favourite fizzy drinks, all of which are loved for their sweet flavour. But a big change to the sugar content could alter the flavour of its popular beverages, some claim.
recycling and how we can do better. watch this. three years ago i went to the port of long beach, los angeles, america s biggest, to see what happens to the plastic you recycle. 60% of these containers are going back empty and the stuff that s in the ones going back full would really surprise you. america s main export to china by volume was trash, recycled metal, card board and plastic. we re sending china our pepsi bottles, our aquafina bottles, vitamin water bottles and they re sending them back to us as insulation in our coats. but in january this year, china stopped accepting our plastic. it all gets squished together like that. after china banned some types of plastic earlier this year, now more than ever, that stuff could end up in a land fill.
absolutely nothing. 60% of these containers are going back empty and the stuff in the ones going back full really surprise you. what is this business you do here? we recycle waste paper and scrap metal and plastics and ship it mostly to china. china is getting most of our waste. is that fair to say? yes. so they re shipping us auto parts and electronics and this is what we re shiping china. you guys going to make a couple bucks off this today. how much. around 46 bucks. 40 or 50 bucks. these are two liter bottles and they make insulation for sleeping bags or coats, shoe and sandals and things like that. so we re sending china our pepsi bottles, our sprite