Soham Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 The pollution control head of India's southern Kerala state said Friday he has ordered Coca Cola Co. to close one of its largest bottling plants in the country for failing to comply with environmental regulations. G. Rajmohan, chairman of the state's Pollution Control Board, said he told the Coca Cola plant in Plachimada, a village in the southern part of the state, to shut down immediately because of pollution problems. "The plant does not have an adequate waste treatment system and pollution from the plant is affecting the drinking water in adjacent villages," Rajmohan told The Associated Press. Company officials did not immediately react to the order. The factory is one of the largest of Coca-Cola's 27 plants in India. It bottles mineral water and soft drinks, including Coca-Cola and Thums Up. The Kerala plant has long faced protests from the local Plachimada village council, which has accused it of depleting local groundwater and has refused to renew its license. Rajmohan said the factory has been unable to disclose the cadmium content of its waste. The board issued a closure notice to Coca Cola on Friday, he said. The plant was closed for nearly 16 months after the village council refused to renew its license. However, in June, the Kerala High Court rejected the council's plea for its permanent closure. The council welcomed Friday's decision. "We have been fighting for the closure of this plant for more than two years now. We are happy that the government is finally giving justice to the people who are affected by the plant," village council president A. Krishnan said. Source: BussinessWeek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zirus Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 but what about the jobs it provides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathray Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 but what about the jobs it provides? 586403159[/snapback] You'd be surprised how valueable those jobs really are... :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conna Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 global commerce. Build your factories in third world countries (I know India is not) utilizing the cheap land and cheap workers and send the profits back to the US. Meanwhile the rich get richer and the poor become slaves to the industries that pollute their land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 global commerce. Build your factories in third world countries (I know India is not) utilizing the cheap land and cheap workers and send the profits back to the US. Meanwhile the rich get richer and the poor become slaves to the industries that pollute their land. 586403193[/snapback] I'm just curious if you've ever lived overseas. The rich get richer whether it's going to the US or staying locally. The only other choice is to live off the land, which is like living below the poverty standard. The US corporations actually have generally better programs than locally owned companies, who usually try to screw over their employees more than US companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacifica Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 but what about the jobs it provides? 586403159[/snapback] bring them to the US! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aitf311 Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 bring them to the US! 586403246[/snapback] They dont bottle coke overseas and ship it to the US!! They bottle where it stays at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conna Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 They dont bottle coke overseas and ship it to the US!! They bottle where it stays at 586403266[/snapback] No I never lived overseas, just been to Mexico a bunch of time. Coke taste different there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 No I never lived overseas, just been to Mexico a bunch of time. Coke taste different there. 586403283[/snapback] more caffeine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtermia Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 global commerce.? Build your factories in third world countries (I know India is not) utilizing the cheap land and cheap workers and send the profits back to the US.? Meanwhile the rich get richer and the poor become slaves to the industries that pollute their land. 586403193[/snapback] You realize this is a bottling plant most likley servicing the local areas and countries. The econmics of sending full bottles throught the world even with cheaper labor costs doesn't add up due to the increased shipping costs and fuel consumtion for long haul distances. That has nothing to do with wether a country is third world or not. Most syrup for Coke itself is made in Atlanta and sent elsewhere where they bottle it with local resources this helps ensure the quality control (so other than the water quality mineral content etc and some minor changes to the regions syrup recipies coke should taste about the same everywhere) . (you can even tour the coke factory and see almsot every product they produce there) Granted the labor is cheaper in areas but usualy so is the product, or did you think they can charge the same price as in the more develped comntries and still sell a product. You even notice that you can but from a certain cereal manufacturer in Battlecreek Michigan and its 4 times as much as buying the same product in Mexico even tho it was made in BC? (of course cereals are lighter than transporting large containers of glas and liquid) Yes Cocacola is a global company and yes they want to make money. No I do not work with, am affiliated with, or hold cocacola stocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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