Push PepsiCo to make NEW ONE PIECE BOTTLES so that their plastic bottletops CAN'T end up in marine animals' stomachs!

Why should people sign?

Because it's the little things like plastic bottle tops that are easily blown around in windy weather... and these small items are also the most easily mistaken for food by marine animals.

Most plastic floats and now an area of plastic waste that is twice the size of Texas has already accumulated in the Pacific ocean and it even has its own name... the "Pacific Garbage Patch".

I'm sure that PepsiCo already knows this. The question is, what are they doing about it? I think it's time they were held a little more accountable. They should be more responsible and invent a completely new bottle opening system, so that the bottletop will not (or cannot) physically separate from the rest of the container. That way, they can be recycled together as once piece (as it should be) — with a smart redesign, plastic bottle tops won't ever end up in the ocean again!

How come the plastic bottle tops last a thousand years longer than the actual drinks inside? That is not right and it has got to stop! I think ALL food producers need to be much more aware about where materials come from and where they go at the end of their life. I suggest more people read the book "cradle to cradle".

Here's an idea: you could even call it "Pepsi Perfect", like in Back to the Future II, except this time, you could actually do a good job of the redesign, instead of just making the cap bigger! Here's what I think the future of your plastic bottles division should look like:

Some of these long-lasting plastics end up in the stomachs of marine animals, and their young, including sea turtles and the black-footed albatross. Midway Atoll receives substantial amounts of marine debris from the patch. Of the 1.5 million Laysan albatrosses that inhabit Midway, nearly all are found to have plastic in their digestive system. Approximately one-third of their chicks die, and many of those deaths are due to being fed plastic from their parents. Twenty tons of plastic debris washes up on Midway every year with five tons of that debris being fed to albatross chicks.

Besides the particles' danger to wildlife, on the microscopic level the floating debris can absorb organic pollutants from seawater, including PCBs, DDT, and PAHs. Aside from toxic effects, when ingested, some of these are mistaken by the endocrine system as estradiol, causing hormone disruption in the affected animal. These toxin-containing plastic pieces are also eaten by jellyfish, which are then eaten by larger fish.

Many of these fish are then consumed by humans, resulting in their ingestion of toxic chemicals.

Marine plastics also facilitate the spread of invasive species that attach to floating plastic in one region and drift long distances to colonize other ecosystems.

While eating their normal sources of food, plastic ingestion can be unavoidable or the animal may mistake the plastic as a food source.

Research has shown that this plastic marine debris affects at least 267 species worldwide.