{"id":6940,"date":"2022-11-04T05:10:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T05:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=6940"},"modified":"2022-11-07T17:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T17:03:24","slug":"big-brands-set-to-miss-plastic-sustainability-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/04\/big-brands-set-to-miss-plastic-sustainability-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Big brands set to miss plastic sustainability targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SINGAPORE, Nov 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Some of the world&#8217;s biggest consumer goods companies, including PepsiCo&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/PEP.O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(PEP.O)<\/a>, Mars and Nestle&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/NESN.S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(NESN.S)<\/a>, are almost certain to miss a target to make plastic packaging more sustainable by 2025, according to a new report published on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme also revealed that some companies &#8211; including Coca-Cola&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/companies\/KO.N\" target=\"_blank\">(KO.N)<\/a>&nbsp;and Pepsi &#8211; are using more virgin plastic despite a pledge to reduce its use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report comes as U.N. members are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/biggest-green-deal-since-paris-un-agrees-plastic-treaty-roadmap-2022-03-02\/\">due to meet in Uruguay this month<\/a>&nbsp;to start negotiations on the first ever global plastics treaty, which is aimed at reining in soaring waste pollution choking marine life and contaminating food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some U.N. members are pushing for a pact that includes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/environment\/big-oils-plastic-boom-threatens-uns-historic-pollution-pact-2022-03-04\/\">legally binding targets to increase recycled content<\/a>&nbsp;in packaging and use less petroleum-derived virgin plastic, rules that would have financial implications for the consumer goods and petrochemical industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE, Nov 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Some of the world&#8217;s biggest consumer goods companies, including PepsiCo&nbsp;(PEP.O), Mars and Nestle&nbsp;(NESN.S), are almost certain to miss a target to make plastic packaging more sustainable by 2025, according to a new report published on Wednesday. The study by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,72],"tags":[169],"class_list":{"0":"post-6940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-sustainability","9":"tag-sustainability"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6940"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7045,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6940\/revisions\/7045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}