NYAG James files lawsuit against PepsiCo over single-use plastic packaging

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a historic and groundbreaking lawsuit against PepsiCo for harming the public and the environment with its single-use plastic packaging. The Office of the Attorney General OAG found that single-use plastic produced by PepsiCo contributes significantly to high levels of plastic pollution along the Buffalo River, pollution that is contaminating drinking water and harming wildlife. The lawsuit alleges that PepsiCo substantially causes public harm in Buffalo, has failed to warn consumers about the potential health and environmental risks of its single-use plastic packaging, and misleads consumers and the public about its efforts to combat plastic pollution. Through this lawsuit, Attorney General James seeks to require PepsiCo to end practices that threaten the environment and the public and to obtain disgorgement, civil penalties, and restitution for the damage inflicted upon New York’s communities and environment.