Plastic is one of the most enduring products made from fossil fuels. And our planet is filled with it. Plastic pollutes the oceans, the soil and even the air.

In this context, big food and drinks companies such as Unilever, Ferrero, Coca-cola and Danone are among the main polluters. Year after year, they promise to reduce their plastics consumption. They announce ambitious goals and advertise them on their products. But do they keep the promises they make?

In this episode, we will present you the results of an investigation that involved six newsrooms and analysed 98 plastics commitments made over the past twenty years by 24 large food and drink companies headquartered in Europe.

You will hear from Kira Schacht, journalist at Deutsche Welle and coordinator of the investigation, and Bénédicte Weiss, journalist at the French magazine Alternatives Economiques.

You can find all the stories and data about this work on the network’s website: https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/eng/Investigations/Broken-plastics-promises