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Unilever Pledges To Avoid Landfill In The UK

The FMCG giant has signed a new recycling deal with waste firm Veolia, and as a result will no longer send any waste from its 11 UK factories as well as its offices and labs to landfill sites. The firm has announced that 97% of waste produced will be recycled, with the remaining 3% converted into usable energy.

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