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New UK-based soft-plastic recycling available at Waitrose

Stuart Mitchell

Following a successful trial and considerable due diligence to find a UK-based waste management solution, customers can now recycle their soft plastic at 295 Waitrose stores. Caroline Pinnell, Sustainability & Ethics Specialist at Waitrose, said: “We know that recycling is a key priority for many of our customers so we’re delighted to be able to offer flexible plastic recycling across a number of our shops. “Across both Waitrose and John Lewis, we are continuing to strip away single-use packaging and provide our customers with convenient reuse, refill and recycling solutions. We…

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Waitrose first UK supermarket to have certified own brand home compostable tea bags

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose has announced it is the first UK supermarket to sell certified own brand home compostable tea bags.  All of our Duchy tea bags are now accredited with a TUV OK compost HOME certification so tea bags can be placed directly into a home compost bin or heap.  This compost can then be used to enrich the soil in the garden, using tea bags in compost adds a nitrogen-rich component which is beneficial for your plants.  The packaging on the tea bag tags has also been amended to reduce ink…

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Waitrose cans small bottles from the wine aisle

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose has announced plans to move small wine formats from bottles into cans.  From 15th January, the majority of small wine formats (apart from Champagne. Prosecco and Cava, and Rioja, due to appellation restrictions) were moved from glass bottles to aluminium cans as part of our ambition to reduce our carbon footprint. Barry Dick, MW, Beer, Wine and Spirit Bulk Sourcing Manager at Waitrose comments:  “We’re delighted to pioneer this move and make reducing waste even easier for our customers. Aluminium cans weigh significantly less than glass and create less…

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Waitrose announces complete withdrawal from single use vapes market

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose has announced its decision to not sell single use vaping products  We’d already made a decision not to enter the burgeoning market for brightly coloured, fashionable, single use vaping devices. But now we’ve also delisted to imitation cigarettes containing lithium, which we’ve historically sold under the Ten Motives label.  The single use vape market has seen rapid growth in the last year – with an increasing number of young non-smoking vapers attracted by the colour and sweet, soft drink and dessert based flavours.  While we have robust controls under…

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That’s Amore! Waitrose launch two wrap-free bouquets for Valentine’s Day

Stuart Mitchell

For Valentine’s Day, Waitrose have launched two wrap-free bouquets available to order through Waitrose Florist as part of our commitment to reduce our impact on the environment by reducing waste and eliminating single-use plastic. Both the Wrap Free Premium Valentines Rose Bouquet (£65) and the Wrap Free Rose & Lily Bouquet (£40) have been stripped of all single-use plastics and instead have been wrapped in a protective layer of Fatsia leaves.  The rubber band that would normally hold the stems together has also been removed and replaced with a reusable,…

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