Mother Dairy to turn Plastic Waste Neutral by FY23-24

Aims to recycle over 7,000 MT of Post-Consumer Used Plastic Waste in the current fiscal

On the occasion of World Environment Day 2022 on June 5th, Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd. (MDFVPL), has reiterated its commitment towards a cleaner environment by pledging to become ‘Plastic Waste Neutral Company’ by FY2023-24, which means that the company will collect, recycle/co-process the same amount of plastic waste which is used in its product packaging in a year. In its endeavor to achieve this feat, the Company has also set its sight to recycle/co-process more than 7,000 MT of post-consumer used plastic waste by end of FY2022-23.

Mother Dairy began its plastic waste collection and recycling/co-processing initiative in Maharashtra in FY2018-19 under the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programme and scaled up the initiative on a pan-India level for Multi-Layered Plastic Waste (MLP) in FY2019-20, in line with the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules 2018 as amended. The company has been closely working with its suppliers and leading Waste Management Agencies (WMA) for implementation of the National EPR framework.

The company is also working towards reducing the consumption of plastic by way of offering 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.

Mother Dairy has been engaging and encouraging its consumers to opt for Token Milk (Automated Milk Vending system) available at the company’s booths in Delhi NCR and this effort has eliminated the generation of around 7 lakh kgs of plastic waste.

The company has replaced all plastic spoons with wooden spoons and eliminated loose straws 3 years back.