Nestlé Pakistan replaces 400 million plastic straws with paper straws

Nestlé Pakistan became the first food and beverage company in Pakistan to introduce paper straws across its ready-to-drink products, an initiative that will eliminate 400 million plastic straws annually.

Marking a breakthrough in its sustainable packaging transformation journey, the company has made a global pledge to make its packaging 100% recyclable and reusable by 2025. Locally, Nestlé’s brands – NESVITA, MILO®, FRUITAVITALS, NESFRUTA and NESCAFÉ’s RTD products – are now in the market with paper straws.

Highlighting Nestlé’s global sustainable packaging transformation journey, Nestlé Pakistan CEO, Samer Chedid said, “Our vision is that none of our packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfill nor in oceans, lakes and rivers. To achieve this, we have…