SPECIAL REPORT: Unilever vowed to scrap polluting plastic packets, then fought to keep them - Rappler

A Reuters report says sachets have helped fuel a global waste crisis. Sachets are nearly impossible to recycle and aren't biodegradable. They're littering neighborhoods, jamming garbage dumps, choking waterways and harming wild creatures.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Two years ago, Unilever plc Chief Executive Alan Jope said his company would get rid of the tiny plastic packets it uses to sell single servings of shampoo, toothpaste and other ba… [+20840 chars]

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