It is estimated that some 70,000 metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste, i.e burnt or dumped, is created by Unilever every year across these six developing nations. This is enough plastic waste to cover more than 11 football pitches a day.
The company's biggest plastic pollution footprint is in India, where approximately 32,500 metric tons is produced per year. In 2019, Unilever sales in India amounted to 378 billion Indian rupees. This is approximately 4.5 billion Euros.
Annual volume of mismanaged plastic waste created by Unilever as of 2019, by country (in metric tons)*
*Mismanaged waste can be either burned or dumped
Figures have been rounded
A full explanation of the methodology can be found from page 41 in the report.
The report does not list all third sources
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