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    Unilever Vows To Reduce Plastic Packaging Use By 2025

    Environmentalists praised the company, but also asked that it commit to more robust reforms to its plastic usage.
    by Paolo Zialcita Oct 07, 2019 1 minute
    Unilever products on display at a grocery in Beijing.

    Unilever, the British-Dutch conglomerate that owns Ben & Jerry's, Vaseline, Dove and more, announced Monday to halve its non-recycled plastic packaging by 2025. According to Unilever's statement, the company currently uses about 700,000 tons of plastic packaging every

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