A brief look at sachets in the Global South

In this episode of the Reloop Brief, Shraddha Kumar is joined by Marian Ledesma, Zero Waste Campaigner for Greenpeace Philippines, to unpack the complex reality of sachet economies.

Marian explains how small, multilayered plastic packets, ubiquitous across South and Southeast Asia, have become a symbol of both corporate convenience and systemic inequality. The conversation explores how producers drive the sachet crisis, what policies like Extended Producer Responsibility are doing to address it, and how local communities are adapting through innovative, yet traditional, refill and reuse models. Marian shares lessons from the Philippines and outlines what real leadership and accountability from corporations could, and should, look like.