Nestle coastal clean-up bags 4 tonnes of waste
KUALA LUMPUR: Nestle Malaysia proves bonding^within our teams, recently mobilised 500 employees we also wish to raise awareness asvolunteersforitsannualbeach and educate the public on the and ocean clean-up initiative in disposal of plastic and other conjunctionwithits110th anniver- waste."
sary. Nestle Malaysia continues to
• Theinitiative,whichtookplaceat achieveprogressinitsfightagainst sixbeachesandtwounderwaterlo- plasticwasteas thefirst company cationsatPulauTiomaninPahang worldwide to replace all plastic andPulauMabulinSabah,sawvol- straws with Sustainably sourced unteers collecting almost four paperstrawsacross itsUHTprod
ucts, and the first in Aseanto use In addition, 110 corals were 100 percent recycled resin forits planted in Pulau Mabul aspart of bottleddrinks,
reefconservationactivities.
tonnesofwaste.
Also, NestlesDoor-to-DoorCol- Recyclables collected were sent lection and Recycling Programme for washing and recycling, while has reached more than 90,000 non-recyclables were sent to a householdsin Selangorand Kuala waste-to-energy plantvia Nestles Lumpurtodate,
recyclingpartner,KPTRecycleSdn Meanwhile, its Careton pro
gramme willcollect morethan 50 Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd chief ex- millionUHTpacksthisyearforsep- ecutive officer Juan Aranols said: aration,recyclingandreuse.
"Protectingourplanetrequirescol- The company's efforts have en- lectiveactionandweencourageall abled.thecollection,separationand Malaysianstojoin us on thisjour- recyclingofmorethan5,000tonnes
ofwastethisyear.
"Reducingthe useof plasticand Nestle Malaysia is advancing in promoting collection, separation its reforestation programme, Pro- andrecyclingareimportantpartsof ject RELeaf, with a target to plant ourpledgetoactonclimatechange three million trees in Malaysia by and accelerate our journeyto net 2024.
zero emission and plastic neutral- NestleMalaysiainJanuarytran
sitionedto100percent renewable
"Ourbeachandoceanclean-ups energy across its operations na- allowouremployees to be part of tionwidetoreduceitscarbonfoot- Nestle’senvironmentaleffortsand printandcontinuestopromotere
contribute to the company'sgreen generative agriculture practices transition.
Bhd.
Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd chief executive officer Juan Aranols
ney.
planting corals off Mabul Island in Sabah. (Inset) Nestte Cares volunteers cleaning up a beach.
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ingprogrammes.
Aranols said: "With these initia- ity.
tivesinplaceandtargetssetforour sustainabilityprogrammes,wewill continue to spearhead a brighter future for all and bring about im- amongcoffee,chilliand ricefarm-
"Through thisactivity,which im- ers participatinginitslocalsourc-
pactful, positive change for the planet."
