Few noticed when Nestlé tweaked its plastic packaging goals in 2022. Rather than use only “recyclable” or reusable packaging by next year, the shift in language on the website of the world’s largest food maker pledged to mostly use plastic “designed for” recycling by 2025. Highlighted publicly at Bloomberg for the first time, the subtle rewording might seem like semantics. According to the latest available data for 2022, the difference amounts to 280,000 metric tons of additional non-recyclable waste. It would weigh the same as 30 Eiffel Towers or 1,400 Statues of Liberty if piled up. Christian Dixon, ocean campaign … Continue reading Nestlé’s Plastic Strategy Altered Amidst 280,000 Tons of Waste—Recycling Goals Pushed to 2025