Question

What additional environmental issues did Nestle` need to address? What was the solution?

Answer 1

Packaging

Packaging serves a major role in our daily lives. It protects food products from spoilage and ensures safety from manufacture through storage, distribution and consumption. Packaging may also provide tamper-evidence features. It communicates information, including nutritional information and serving instructions, and provides the convenience demanded by today’s consumers.

Nestlé is committed to reducing the environmental impact of packaging, without jeopardizing the safety, quality or consumer acceptance of its products. It is Nestlé’s objective should be to develop safe and wholesome packaged foods using the most efficient and appropriate packaging materials available, while, at the same time, satisfying consumer requirements and expectations.

Solution and impact:

• result in the lowest possible weight and volume of packages;
• take into account new packaging materials and processes that reduce the impact on the environment;
• avoid the use of substances that can adversely impact the environment during packaging production and disposal;
• decrease packaging waste at all stages, including package manufacturing, use and disposal;
• increase the use of recycled materials wherever possible; and
• increase the recyclability and compatibility of its packages with existing packaging waste management schemes.
• Regular assessments of Nestlé’s packaging are carried out and action plans should be implemented.
• Nestlé need to support industrial and governmental efforts to promote integrated waste management that takes into consideration matters such as source reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, energy recovery, and landfill.
• Nestlé should encourage suppliers of its packaging materials to adopt sound environmental practices.