Consumer-Product Companies Must Address 'Sachet' Packaging, Greenpeace Says
02 October 2019 - 1:11AM
Dow Jones News
By Micah Maidenberg
Food manufacturers and consumer-product companies face a major
challenge in the form of the sachet.
A sachet is the type of packaging companies typically use to
sell single servings, on-the-go sizes and small trial versions of
food, soap, deodorant and other items, according to a new report
about plastics from advocacy group Greenpeace USA.
Last year, 855 billion sachets were sold in 2018, Greenpeace
says in the report. About half of all sachets are sold in Southeast
Asia, where the group says sachets thrown away as waste are
overwhelming municipal waste infrastructure.
"Because the package is a combination of plastic and other
materials (like foil), it cannot be recycled," Greenpeace said.
In India, the government has implemented strict rules on the use
of single-use plastic, aiming to curb waste that blights the
environment and often ends up in waterways, The Wall Street Journal
reported in July.
Nestle SA and Unilever PLC have started paying waste-management
firms and others to collect packaging in the country, the Journal
reported.
Greenpeace called on food and consumer-product companies to
develop reusable packaging systems instead of continuing to sell
products in sachets.
Write to Micah Maidenberg at micah.maidenberg@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 01, 2019 10:56 ET (14:56 GMT)
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