Pact including Coca-Cola, Nestlé moves 2025 plastic reduction goals to 2030

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Pact including Coca-Cola, Nestlé moves 2025 plastic reduction goals to 2030

The absence of federal standards is hindering the progress of the US Plastics Pact, according to the group

The US Plastics Pact representing 80 companies - including Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone - has pushed back deadlines to drastically reduce their use of plastic, from 2025 to 2030. The five-year slip...

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