Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt Ltd announced on Thursday that it has set a target of recycling over 7,000 million tonnes (MT) of post-consumer used plastic waste in the current fiscal year and plans to become a ‘plastic waste neutral’ company by 2023-24.
To become plastic waste neutral, the company will collect, recycle, or co-process the same amount of plastic waste that is used in its product packaging over the course of a year.
Mother Dairy launched its plastic waste collection and recycling/co-processing initiative in Maharashtra in FY2018-19 under the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programme, and expanded the initiative to a pan-India scale for Multi-Layered Plastic Waste (MLP) in FY2019-20, in accordance with the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules 2018 as amended.
Mother Dairy said in a statement that it has been working closely with its suppliers and leading Waste Management Agencies (WMA) to implement the National EPR framework.
From June 2018 to March 2022, the Company collected and co-processed/recycled approximately 8,164 MT of post-consumer used plastic waste (5,318 MT of Single Layered Plastic Waste and 2,846 MT of Multi-Layered Plastic Waste) through its associated partners.
As a responsible organization, we reaffirm our commitment to a safer, cleaner environment for a brighter future. “Our Token Milk (branded loose milk) offering since 1984 has helped us save approximately 7 lakh kg of plastic entering the environment each year,” said Manish Bandlish, Managing Director, Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt Ltd. “In keeping with our commitment, we have now set our sights on becoming a plastic waste neutral organization by FY2023-24, while also contributing to keeping our planet safe for future generations,” he said.
Mother Dairy noted in the statement that the company is also working to reduce plastic consumption by providing alternatives to plastic straws used for the consumption of dairy beverages and will soon be available with paper-based straws across its markets of operations.
