Ground-breaking Tesco move to change cheese packaging will save 260 tonnes of plastic annually

A ground-breaking move by Tesco to change the packaging of its own label hard cheeses will save 260 tonnes of plastic each year. The saving – equal in weight to 20 double decker buses – has been made by switching from the traditional square block shape to oblong packaging and also by removing the current re-sealable zip. New 400g pack sizes are replacing 460g packs and both they and existing 220g packs have had their re-sealable zip removed. Nearly 40 lines of Tesco’s own brand territorial hard cheeses have been…

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