In Feb 2021, HUL made an announcement that it was going to collect & process 100% of the plastic packaging waste it generated. Why is that significant? I’ll be discussing that in this episode.
Links to various references that I made:
Hindustan Unilever’s Press Release on Plastic Waste Collection (Feb 2021)
https://www.hul.co.in/news/press-releases/2021/hul-to-achieve-plastic-waste-collection-this-year.html
Unilever’s Press Release on Reusable/Recyclable/Compostable Plastic Packaging (Jan 2017)
The New Plastics Economy 2016 Report from WEF-EllenMacArthur Foundation-McKinsey
Jenna Jambeck has many papers on plastic waste. This one talks about the impact of the ban on plastic waste imports by China.
I found that article! Correction: It was microplastics in a foetus, not baby. – Guardian article (Dec 2020)
Plastic Waste Audit from Break Free From Plastic