{"id":7846,"date":"2020-01-30T07:31:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T04:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=7846"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:50","slug":"unilever-adopts-recycled-plastics-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2020\/01\/30\/unilever-adopts-recycled-plastics-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Unilever Adopts Recycled Plastics Packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By John Mutua <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has started packaging in containers made from recycled plastics to reduce environmental damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm Tuesday announced it had introduced recycled packs for one kilogramme and 500-grammes of Sunlight scouring powder that is sold across East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unilever Africa president Bruno Witvoet said this is part of the company\u2019s plans to ensure that all its plastic packs are made from re-used or recycled plastic by 2025. The re-usable plastic packs have been made out of waste collected and manufactured by local recycling firm Mr Green Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe launch of the first truly circular plastic packaging for Sunlight scouring powder in Kenya is a great win for the environment and goes a long away in our quest to ensure that plastic only remains in our economy and stays clear of the environment,\u201d Mr Witvoet said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the packs are part of Unilever\u2019s efforts to cut its use of plastic packaging by more than 100,000 tonnes through a circular economy that is also creating jobs for thousands of people in the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessdailyafrica.com\/corporate\/companies\/Unilever-adopts-recycled-plastics-packaging\/4003102-5435542-15ts93fz\/index.html\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Mutua Fast-moving consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has started packaging in containers made from recycled plastics to reduce environmental damage. The firm Tuesday announced it had introduced recycled packs&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}