Unilever is a company that has a mission to ensure that all of its plastic packaging becomes fully reusable, and recyclable by the year 2025. To demonstrate the commitment, the company is renewing its membership to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for three more years. The overall goal is to make the environment a better place for everyone.
Key Takeaways:
- Unilever has committed to ensuring that all of its plastic packaging is fully reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
- Unilever has already committed to reduce the weight of the packaging it uses this decade by one third by 2020, and increase its use of recycled plastic content in its packaging to at least 25 per cent by 2025 against a 2015 baseline, both as part of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan.
- Unilever CEO Paul Polman said that while plastic packaging plays a critical role in making products appealing, safe and enjoyable for consumers, it is clear that industry needs to do much more help ensure it is managed responsibly and efficiently post consumer-use.
“Unilever CEO Paul Polman said that while plastic packaging plays a critical role in making products appealing, safe and enjoyable for consumers, it is clear that industry needs to do much more help ensure it is managed responsibly and efficiently post consumer-use.”
http://c-store.com.au/2017/01/18/unilever-commits-100-recyclable-plastic-packaging-2025/
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