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Nestle to invest $2.1 billion in recycled plastics

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Geneva: Swiss food giant Nestle said on Thursday it would invest 2.0 billion Swiss francs ($2.1 billion) over five years to cut its use of virgin plastics in favour of food-grade recycled plastics. The company, whose brands include Nespresso coffee, Vittel water and Smarties chocolates, also plans to invest in new types of sustainable packaging to meet its target of making all its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025. Nestle also said in a statement it would reduce its use of virgin plastics by one third over the next five years and would set up a venture fund with 250 million Swiss francs to invest in start-up companies working in the recycling sector. To create a market for recycled plastics, it said it would source up to 2 million metric tonnes of food-grade recycled plastics and allocated more than 1.5 billion Swiss francs to pay a premium for the material between now and 2025.


“No plastic should end up in landfill or as litter,” Nestle chief executive Mark Schneider said in the statement.


Major corporations, often criticised by campaigners for putting profit before the environment, are trying to respond to growing pressure from consumers for more responsible practices.


Food and cosmetics giant Unilever announced last September that it will cut its use of new plastic in packaging by half by 2025. — AFP


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