{"id":266192,"date":"2020-08-23T05:02:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T09:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=266192"},"modified":"2020-08-23T05:02:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-23T09:02:56","slug":"nestle-partnership-to-cut-plastic-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/08\/23\/nestle-partnership-to-cut-plastic-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Nestl\u00e9 partnership to cut plastic footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"
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REDUCING PLASTIC FOOTPRINT. Sacks of soft plastic waste are collected in Baseco, Tondo, Manila as Nestl\u00e9 Philippines and Plastic Credit Exchange (PCEx) partner to cut plastic footprint. Aside from Baseco, soft plastic wastes are diverted from landfills in Payatas, Quezon City and Rodriguez, Rizal. (Photo courtesy of Nestl\u00e9 Philippines via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Food and beverage maker Nestl\u00e9 Philippines strengthens its partnership with the private sector for its plastic waste collection, recycling, and recovery program to reduce plastic footprint.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Nestl\u00e9 Philippines has partnered with Plastic Credit Exchange (PCEx) to gather soft plastic waste from Baseco in Tondo, Manila, Payatas in Quezon City, and Rodriguez in Rizal that will be co-processed and diverted from the landfill.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith plastic waste continuing to accumulate in landfills and oceans, the need for tackling plastic pollution has never been so pressing. It is an urgent priority for us and an issue we take seriously,\u201d said Nestl\u00e9 Philippines Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kais Marzouki.<\/p>\n

Nestl\u00e9 Philippines is also supporting PCEx and the City of Manila in their \u2018Aling Tindera\u2019 Waste-to-Cash program.<\/p>\n

Under this program, sari-sari stores owned by women can earn points from the post-consumer plastic waste that they will collect and can be redeemed for cash.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Aling Tindera\u2019 Waste-to-Cash program aims to increase income opportunities for women micro-entrepreneurs, to have an organized plastic waste collection, and cleaner environment and improved health for the community.<\/p>\n

Nestl\u00e9 Philippines is providing the container vans for each participating sari-sari store as storage for the collected plastic waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are determined to look at every option to solve complex packaging challenges and embrace multiple solutions that can have an impact now. For our part, we at Nestl\u00e9 envision a waste-free future in the face of these complex challenges. We are glad to be taking a concrete step, one among many, toward realizing that vision through our partnership with PCEx,\u201d Marzouki added.<\/p>\n

PCEx is a non-profit organization, an offshoot of HOPE in a Bottle, a bottled water brand that commits to give 100 percent of its profit to build public school classrooms in partnership with the Department of Education.<\/p>\n

PCEx Founder and President Nanette Medved-Po recalled that the HOPE initiative \u201cin a way started with Nestl\u00e9\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYears ago, their Philippine CEO reached out to me about projects that Nestl\u00e9 was supporting – like eco-bricks. From there, HOPE began to explore environmentally sustainable and affordable ways for companies to be responsible for their plastic footprints. In 2019, we established the Plastic Credit Exchange from our learnings and came back to Nestl\u00e9 whom we felt would be a natural partner, given our common goals for sustainability,\u201d Medved-Po said.<\/p>\n

Aside from these initiatives, Nestl\u00e9 commits to eliminate 130 metric tons of plastic straws by end-2020 as it shifts the plastic straws for ready-to-drink products to paper straws.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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