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World Service,07 Oct 2019,23 mins

Unilever to halve single use plastics

World Business Report

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Unilever plans to halve the amount of single use plastic it uses by 2025. We ask an environmentalist if this pledge is enough. The International Monetary Fund continues to offer loans to developing nations, which have run into financial trouble. We hear from Jubilee Debt Campaign group, who say that the IMF is encouraging banks to make risky loans to struggling nations, with the reassurance that their investment is safer. With Slovenian national carrier Adria Airways facing financial collapse, we enquire what went wrong with the airline. Also on the programme, we look at how organised crime profits from environmental damage, like logging, mining and trafficking of animals. And - more on the financial struggles of South Africa's state broadcaster SABC, which will receive a bailout of 211 million dollars from the government. (Photo: Single use plastics packaging. Credit:Getty Images)

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