Unilever Makes Boldest Promise Yet on Reducing Plastics
British/Dutch consumer products giant Unilever announced on Monday that by 2025 it will “make the blue planet blue again” by:
- Cutting in half its use of virgin plastic, by reducing its absolute use of plastic packaging by more than 100,000 tonnes and accelerating its use of recycled plastic;
- Helping to collect and process more plastic packaging than it sells.
Why This Matters: Unilever is making these moves unilaterally and not because it is forced to by government regulation.
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