Shoppers can bag compostable carriers at Co-op as retailer ditches single-use plastic

More than 1,000 Co-op food stores are at the forefront of the retailer’s moves to ditch single-use plastics, with the roll-out of new compostable carriers from last week. The community retailer is rolling out it new compostable carrier bags to over 1,000 communities in a move estimated to replace around 60M single-use plastic bags UK-wide. The bags are initially available in Co-op food stores in communities where they are accepted by the Local Authority in the household food waste collections. Shoppers – who forget their bag-for-life – can use the…

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