NEWS | Industry Updates Nestlé and Veolia join forces to develop


recycling schemes Nestlé and Veolia, the resource management company, have announced their collaboration to work on waste collection, sorting and recycling of plastic material, with an emphasis on flexible plastic packaging. Projects will focus on 11 priority countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. The partnership will also explore technologies to establish viable models of recycling in


different countries. This includes chemical recycling technologies like pyrolysis, which is capable to produce virgin quality plastic. These technologies will help Nestlé to increase the recycled content of its bottled water packaging to 35% and its overall product packaging to 15% by 2025. Magdi Batato, executive vice president, head of operations, Nestlé, said: “Plastic waste is a


challenge that requires an ecosystem of solutions all working simultaneously. This partnership is another specific step to accelerate our efforts in addressing the critical issue of plastic waste. Leveraging on Veolia’s technology and expertise, we will start with pilot projects in multiple countries, with the intention of scaling these up globally.” Laurent Auguste, senior executive vice-president for Development, Innovation and Markets,


Veolia, said: “I am very pleased and welcome the opportunity of this partnership with a global F&B leader like Nestlé, in the quest for a more circular economy of plastics. Our expertise in resource recovery and recycling has positioned us to tackle this issue with global brands and other value-chain actors, across all continents. We believe it is time to move towards more recycling of materials and we are happy to help our clients be ever more inventive so they can keep improving our quality of life, whilst protecting our planet and its resources.” This partnership with Veolia follows a series of specific initiatives and steps to accelerate action


to tackle plastic waste, in line with Nestlé's commitment to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025.


Be more brilliant – drink more water


Twinings Foodservice has enlisted peak performance and nutrition coach Colette Heneghan to explore how much water consumption actually matters. She says the following: “Even just a couple of hours in an air-conditioned office is going to


have a negative effect on hydration. Normal daily turnover of water is 4% of body weight, just from everyday activities such as breathing and normal organ function. Negative effects can be observed from just 1%, so in a matter of a few hours of normal working, if you haven’t had water then there could already be implications for your performance.” The Natural Hydration Council cite that 89% of us are not drinking enough water every day,


yet being just 1% dehydrated already starts to affect our cognitive performance and short-term memory. Bouts of tiredness, headaches and lack of concentration may also be experienced, yet simply maintaining our water intake can rehydrate us and help to reverse these symptoms of dehydration. “Drinking water in the workplace should be a business fundamental,” explains Colette. “It’s something that has to be spoken about. We need to get more workplaces and workplace caterers to focus on hydration to reap the dual benefits for employer and employee. We’re missing a really easy fix here for many of our day-to- day symptoms such as tiredness, headaches and brain fog.”


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