New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday, pointing to the soda giant's plastic waste as a scourge of waterways and blasting the company's "misleading" statements on the environment.
The civil suit, filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James in the state Supreme Court, seeks a finding that PepsiCo contributed to a "public nuisance" in the Buffalo River, the imposition of financial penalties and compensatory damages on the company and an order that PepsiCo cease the sale of single-use plastic on goods that do not warn of the environmental ills.
"All New Yorkers have a basic right to clean water, yet PepsiCo's irresponsible packaging and marketing endanger Buffalo's water supply, environment and public health," James said in a statement.
"No one should have to worry about plastics in their drinking water, plastic garbage littering their scenic riverfront or plastic pollution harming wildlife."
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