By the time you’ve read this article, the equivalent of two rubbish trucks of plastic will have been dumped into our oceans. Bottles, tubs, carrier bags and much more, the detritus rolling up on our shores has become the symbol of our modern economy and the throwaway culture it has spawned. If I were to pick through that rubbish, I am convinced that I would find at least one discarded Unilever brand. We are the third largest consumer goods company in the world, which makes it almost a certainty. So it’s right that serious questions are being asked of Unilever, and of our industry, as the scale of the ocean plastic crisis escalates.

Source: The Times October 06, 2019 23:02 UTC