Dive summary:
- Unilever, which owns over 400 brands, has achieved zero waste at 100% of their sites across 18 countries.
- The achievement is a part of a place to double the size of its business while reducing its environmental impact.
- The reduction of Unilever waste is equivalent to removing more than one million household trash cans every year.
From the article:
"Unilever, which owns over 400 brands including Persil, Knorr, Dove and Ben & Jerry’s, has reached the milestone of 100% of sites sending zero waste to landfill in 18 countries including all of Unilever’s factories in the UK and Ireland. The company said the overall achievement was equivalent to removing more than one million household bins of waste every year.
Over 130 Unilever factories across the world, from Costa Rica to Japan, send no non-hazardous waste to landfill. A key driver for this achievement is the elimination of waste in the factories. Additionally waste is reduced, reused, recycled and recovered. ..."
