In an October 28, 2020 news release Unilever reported that “… Post-consumer recycled plastic (PCR) now accounts for more than 10% of Unilever’s plastics footprint … [which is] progress towards our goal of using at least 25% PCR by 2025 … We are using alternative materials to plastic where appropriate, such as our new recyclable paper-based ice cream tubs … [we] have developed country-specific plans to achieve our goal of collecting and processing more plastic packaging than we sell … we’ll use less plastic, better plastic and no plastic at all … We’re also working to reduce plastic pollution by helping to collect and process plastic packaging …” – The web link to the news release is included in the post on the home page of Plastic Food Packaging Waste News http://www.pfpw.news at https://pfpw.news/2020/10/30/plastic-waste-unilever-reduction-report/ #PlasticWaste #SingleUsePlastic #FoodPackaging #Recycling #Unilever #PlasticPackaging
Animal Digestible Food Packaging Initiative
Our reason-for-being/goal/purpose/objective/intent is to convince/inspire/persuade/encourage the food processing industry to establish and fund a public private partnership for the discovery of new food packaging materials that would be digestible by animals (farm animals as well as ubiquitous microbes).
