'Waste-free world': Unilever sets goal to eliminate over 100,000 tonnes of plastic packaging by 2025

James Murray
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Consumer goods giant pledges to halve its use of virgin plastic and ensure it collects and recycles more plastic packaging than it sells

The 'war on plastic' has opened up a major new front, with Unilever announcing today it intends to halve its use of virgin plastic and collect and process more used plastic packaging than it sells by 2025....

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