Mondelez International achieves plastic packaging goals in the Philippines

MANILA, Philippines — Global snacking leader Mondelez International strives to advance its support for a more circular economy for packaging in the Philippines.

Recently, the company has made strides to advance more sustainable snacking by reducing its packaging use, evolving its packaging and helping improve diversion systems in the country. Most notably, the company has achieved its commitment to collect and divert the equivalent volumes of its post-consumer plastic packaging used in the Philippines in 2023.

This is in support of the local Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Law, which obliges companies to be responsible for the plastic they use in their operations. 

As part of its mission to lead the future of snacking, Mondelez International empowers people to snack right, by offering the right snack, for the right moment, and made the right way. Making snacks the right way for both the people and the planet means focusing on making snacks with more sustainable ingredients as well as supporting a more circular economy for packaging.

Mondelez International is the maker of Oreo, Toblerone, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Tang, Eden Cheese, Cheez Whiz and Tiger Biscuits. 

Mondelez International aims to utilize packaging that is light, safe and, when appropriate, can be reused or recycled.

Globally, the company aims to reduce 5% of its virgin plastic packaging by 2025.

In 2023, the company has reduced the amount of plastic packaging it uses for its products in Southeast Asia, particularly for its brands Oreo Mini and Chips Ahoy!. This was achieved through redesigning the packaging to be more efficient and removing the use of plastic trays for some of its products. 

Recently, the company has released its 2023 global ESG report entitled the Snacking Made Right.

In it, the Mondelez International shares its 2025 goal to have approximately 98% or more of its packaging designed to be recyclable.

As of 2023, 96% of its packaging worldwide has been designed to be recyclable, while it continues to work on its goal of ensuring 5% of its plastic packaging worldwide will be made of recycled content. Designed to be recyclable means the materials used in its packaging have available