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Unilever, Maker Of Dove And Lipton, Pledges To Cut Non-Recycled Plastic Use In Half By 2025

Unilever also pledges to collect and process more used plastic packaging than it sells over the next six years.
This picture shows rubbish from single-use plastics during a protest in Indonesia on July 21, 2019. (Adek Berrt/AFP/Getty Images)

Unilever, one of the largest global consumer goods companies, says it plans to cut its use of non-recycled “virgin” plastics in half by 2025.

The London-based company — which makes name brands like Dove, Vaseline and Ben & Jerry’s — also pledges to collect and process more used plastic packaging than it sells over the next six years.

Richard Slater, chief research and development officer at Unilever, says the company

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