Tag: Refill

Bath Spa University introduces returnable coffee cup scheme to tackle single-use plastic

Stuart Mitchell

Bath Spa University is today announcing the launch of a new returnable cup scheme in five outlets across three of their campuses in an effort to help tackle the 55,000 single-use coffee cups currently served up to students and staff. The University is teaming up with environmental behaviour change specialists, City to Sea, who ran a successful city-wide returnable cup scheme across the whole of Bristol earlier this year. The “Refill Return Cup” will operate through the award-winning Refill app meaning that coffee drinkers won’t need to leave any deposit at…

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Nescafé launches new refill pouch that uses less packaging and costs you less

Stuart Mitchell

Nescafé has introduced the first instant coffee refill pouch for Nescafé Gold Blend and Nescafé Original that can be recycled in stores and helps save money while reducing packaging.  The new 150g refill pouch is 97 percent lighter than the 200g glass coffee jar and has on average 60 percent less plastic than the jar’s lid.  The pack is resealable to help preserve freshness and once the refill is empty consumers can recycle the pack in more than 5000 stores across the UK and through kerbside collection in Ireland.  Not…

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Asda revamps refill proposition and guarantees cheaper prices

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has announced a new ‘refill price promise’ which guarantees that each refill product will be cheaper than packaged alternatives as part of its new refill proposition. The supermarket first introduced refill two years ago and has been continually testing and learning, working with customers to find what most appeals to them. Asda has partnered with WRAP and Unilever, with funding from Innovate UK, to find out customer barriers to participation, so it could look at ways it can increase participation. Clear pricing was the top priority, emphasised by the…

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Morrisons Launches Lower Environmental Impact Store

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has recently opened a lower environmental impact store in Little Clacton, the latest initiative on its journey to becoming a more sustainable business.  The new store design, which has been built from scratch, for the first time incorporates the widest range of Morrisons structural features and loose products to reduce carbon emissions, energy and resources – and limit its environmental footprint.  Innovations include 366 loose products, a low carbon impact building, next generation fridges powered by CO2 from agricultural waste, roof solar panels to provide a fifth of energy,…

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World-leading research will pave the way for mainstream re-use and refill shopping in UK supermarkets

Stuart Mitchell

Global NGO WRAP is working with UK Plastics Pact members, Asda and Unilever, in a world-first research project to understand how to change the ingrained shopping habits which might be preventing customers from using refill stations and reusable packaging as part of their regular weekly shop. The in-depth research, which is being co-funded by Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency will involve closely following shoppers as they plan at home, engage in-store, and how they decant and store products once back at home.  The aim is to gain a deeper…

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