Solving the challenges of plastic waste requires a conscious choice to use less plastic in our daily activities, and opt wherever possible, for materials that are more environmentally friendly and recyclable. It also requires everybody’s effort to avoid littering.
To address the issue of packaging waste in the environment, Nestle (Malaysia) Berhad has been proactively working with local partners to establish in the community better and more widespread recycling habits, as well as more effective ways for waste collection and separation of the different types of materials.
Empowering communities to adopt better recycling habits
As part of the company’s recycling initiatives, Nestle recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) to kick-off an initiative on kerbside collection of recyclables in two townships in Selangor, with the aim of instilling a better understanding of recycling, reducing household waste and increase waste separ
The Paris Agreement was signed exactly five years ago on Dec 12, by 196 nations. It was a breakthrough in global climate governance and cooperation, with a target to limit global warming this century to 1.5°C, and at most, to 2°C. As part of this, each signatory country had committed to its own Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reduce carbon emissions.
However, many countries are not on track to meeting their Paris commitments, and five years on, with more advanced approaches to climate modelling, the data is telling us that global warming is on track to hit 2.8°C, far exceeding the Paris Agreement’s limit of 2°C.