Coca-Cola accounted for 11 percent of branded plastic pollution in the world, according to a study, and is one of the world’s top contributors to plastic pollution.

Coca-Cola considers more plastic bottles amid Trump's aluminum tariffs, as CEO Quincey weighs cost strategies.

In response to tariffs, Coca-Cola has drawn up plans to avoid resulting aluminum price increases, and some customers may not like where this is going.

The drinks company imports aluminum for its cans from Canada, which is likely to be hardest hit by a 25% tariff on aluminum.

Coca-Cola’s exposure to aluminum and steel is a little more than a quarter of the company’s packaging mix, as of 2023 . Meanwhile, if Coca-Cola moved more product into plastic, it would expand a substrate that already accounted for nearly half of its packaging.

Coca-Cola may use more plastic bottles in the future over cans in the wake of President Donald Trump’s announced 25% tariff on aluminum imports.