Tag: Reduce

Tesco engages suppliers to accelerate plans to tackle plastic waste

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is bringing together suppliers at a sustainability event to discuss new ways to eliminate even more plastic waste where it matters most. As a part of Tesco’s 4Rs packaging strategy – Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – suppliers will be asked to accelerate progress and to go further and faster in removing plastic where alternatives are possible. The retailer will apply a particular focus to areas that can make the greatest difference at scale, as well as tackling packaging which is most at risk of ending up in the natural…

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John Lewis & Partners tests blueprint to encourage customers to ‘reduce, reuse and return’ packaging

Stuart Mitchell

John Lewis & Partners has launched a major pilot at its Oxford shop to encourage a ‘reduce, reuse & return’ culture among customers which could provide a blueprint for other shops.  The pilot will test eight ways in which the retailer and its customers can reduce their impact on the planet, potentially saving thousands of tonnes of plastic and packaging from going to landfill.    In a first for a department store, the shop has removed 5p plastic carrier bags to reduce the amount of plastic it produces.  The retailer…

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Tesco launches phase two of Remove, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle plan to suppliers

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has launched the second phase of its Remove, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle plan, which sets out four steps that will govern packaging design across all product categories: Remove all non-recyclable and hard to recycle material Where we can’t remove, reduce it to an absolute minimum, including excess packaging Explore new opportunities to reuse it, and if we can’t Ensure it is all recycled as part of a closed loop. Since announcing its ambition in 2018 to remove hard-to-recycle materials, Tesco will have eliminated the hardest to recycle materials from…

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PAC Worldwide Adds Key Piece to the Sustainable Packaging Puzzle: Company to Launch “Rethink” Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Rethink. That’s the new mantra at PAC Worldwide, as the flexible protective packaging leader adds a fourth strategic pillar to the three “R’s of environmental sustainability.  And, to introduce its new 4-square model, the company is embarking on a major outreach initiative with employees, customers, vendors and related partners across its global supply chain. The impetus for PAC’s “Rethink Sustainability” program comes from increasing evidence that shows stakeholders across the spectrum struggling with how best to manage sustainability. While most embrace its virtues, dealing with the complexities…

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