Tag: plastic

Tesco removes two billion pieces of plastic from its business

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has now removed more than two billion pieces of plastic from its UK business since the launch of its 4Rs – Remove, Reduce, Re-use, Recycle – packaging strategy in 2019. In the last 12 months alone, 500 million pieces of unnecessary plastic have been identified and removed. The most recent annual savings include: More than 30 million plastic yoghurt lids removed Over 29 million pieces of plastic removed from limescale tablets packaging Nearly 24 million plastic windows removed from doughnut packaging Nearly 9 million pieces removed from nappy packaging…

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Sainsbury’s goes trayless on whole chickens, saving over 10 million pieces of plastic a year

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has announced that its by Sainsbury’s whole chicken range is now trayless, after the retailer removed single-use plastic trays from its packaging. Using a minimum of 50% less plastic, the change is estimated to save 140 tonnes of plastic annually. The trayless products are available in all stores across the UK and online, helping to reduce the amount of single-use plastic customers have to dispose of at home. The change affects five products in total, including all by Sainsbury’s whole chickens ranging from extra small to extra-large sizes. The…

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LIDL GB To Prevent Further 1.7 Million Plastic Bottles From Entering The Ocean With Major Update To Packaging

Stuart Mitchell

The first ever UK supermarket to launch packaging using ‘Prevented Ocean Plastic’, Lidl GB is now building on its credentials by extending its focus to fresh meat ranges. From this week, Lidl’s 400g and XXL 667g Deluxe sausages – which are RSPCA assured and certified to Red Tractor standard (QMS standard in Scotland) – are now packaged in trays containing a minimum of 30% ‘Prevented Ocean Plastic’ (POP). This means that households preparing part of their morning fry up can help to prevent single-use plastic waste from entering our seas.…

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Tesco cuts plastic from bakery favourites and returns to selling bread loose

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is rewinding the clock back to the days of traditional bakeries by removing plastic from a number of its most popular items and selling loose loaves of bread.     The moves will result in the annual removal of 33 million pieces of plastic from loaves of bread and doughnuts, and reduce the plastic used to pack breakfast pastries by more than 120 tonnes each year.    Nearly 25 of the supermarket’s in-store bakery bread lines are now being sold loose, although customers can request a paper bag should they want one.  Doughnuts…

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Launching paper packaging for Finish with 75% less plastic: contributing to our ambition of halving the amount of virgin plastic in packaging by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Reckitt are launching paper-based packaging for Finish, a first for automatic dishwashing products, that will reduce plastic by 75% in its stand-up pouch. Once fully rolled out, this packaging innovation will help to eliminate more than 2,000 tonnes of plastic every year, equivalent to 50 million 1-litre bottles. Packaging for dishwasher tablets must be sealable, durable and water resistant, so using paper has traditionally been difficult. However, by working in partnership with innovative packaging experts, Mondi, the new Finish packaging has successfully replaced three-quarters of the plastic with responsibly sourced…

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