Nestle in packaging promise

NESTLE yesterday announced it aims to make all of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025.

The Swiss food firm – which owns more than 2,000 brands worldwide, from KitKat to Perrier bottled water – said it did not want any of its product packaging to end up in landfill.

The company will focus on eliminating non-recyclable plastics, encouraging the use of materials that allow better recycling rates and eliminating or changing ‘complex combinations’ of packaging. Chief executive Mark Schneider said: ‘Plastic waste is one of the biggest sustainability issues the world is facing today.’

Meanwhile, accountancy giant KPMG will stop using plastic water cups across all 22 UK offices by this summer, in a move it says will save three million cups a year.

The firm phased out plastic water cups in its Manchester office last month in a pilot scheme which will now be rolled out nationwide.

Its 1,100 employees there received a free metal water bottle to use instead. The move is expected to save more than 150,000 plastic cups each year in Manchester alone.

Environment manager Sarah Lindsay said: ‘The firm spends £60,000 on cups every year. Even with supplying our employees with a free metal water bottle, the scheme is projected to pay for itself within 18 months.’