Recycling protocol for consumer products packaged in plastic bottles and tubes is fairly straightforward. But for sachets, it’s a whole other story. To tackle industry-wide sachet waste, Unilever ...

Chaudhuri shows how Unilever's India arm industrialised the sachet, transforming a small local innovation into a global ...

Stopping the production and use of plastic sachets almost all of which are unrecyclable will be a herculean task, but something that needs to be put high up on the agenda of environmental activists to ...

As sachets are made up of different materials bonded together, it is very difficult to separate them using current recycling infrastructure, said Stephan Laske, global director of research and ...

Packaging of products in single-serve packs otherwise referred to as sachets was hitherto done sparingly in the past by players in the retail industry, especially the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) ...

From shampoo and toothpaste to detergent powder and instant coffee, plastic sachets are a common form of packaging in developing countries that have made household goods affordable for people with ...

Whether you’re dining out or getting takeaway, condiments such as ketchup, mayo and vinegar often come in single-use plastic sachets. They’re sold to us as convenient, but are they really? If you’ve ...

Single-use plastic sachets for ketchup, mayo and vinegar could soon be banned in the UK. The move would affect takeaways, restaurants and cafes, with mini milk containers among the outlawed items as ...

THE Philippines is a sachet economy, with Filipinos favoring single-use plastic (SUP) packaging for basic essentials because of its affordability and accessibility. An estimated 163 million plastic ...