Reducing packaging that we don’t need at MARS

We’re proud of our products, but deeply concerned about the impact of packaging waste on land and in the ocean. For years, we’ve been focused on light-weighting packaging materials of all types, including plastics. We’ll keep at that while also looking for ways to eliminate unnecessary layers of plastics and other materials in secondary and tertiary packaging. For example, in China we removed 40% of the weight from our gum bottles between 2015 and 2018.

We also will reduce our packaging use by shifting to reuse models, where possible. We’re exploring innovative reuse models with a plan to have at least 10 new reuse programs in markets by 2025. Adopting reuse models helps prevent single-use plastics from getting into the market in the first place.