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CO-OP Reduces Nitrites Across All Own-Label Bacon Range In UK Retailer First Move

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op is to reduce the amount of nitrites, a type of preservative, used in its own-label British bacon range by 60 percent, in a major UK retailer first move. Nitrites, which are used to cure bacon, will be reduced by 60 percent across 24 fresh, British Co-op lines – and in all its ranges, including its premium tier. This includes back and streaky bacon, medallions and bacon chops as well as lardons. The retailer-leading development in Co-op’s own label bacon range will come at no additional cost to consumers. The…

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Ethical spending tops £40bn as Co-op commits to 100% recyclable packaging

Stuart Mitchell

As ethical consumer spending reaches record levels and the focus turns to environmentally-friendly shopping, the Co-op has announced a new commitment to only using 100% own-brand recyclable packaging which will lead to the largest-ever UK-wide scheme to recycle plastic film. The Co-op’s unique Ethical Consumerism Report, which has tracked ethical expenditure year by year over the past two decades, reveals the extent to which UK consumers now shop with their hearts on their sleeves. The report, which focuses on various sectors of the economy, highlights that back in 1999 the…

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Co-op co-funds ghost gear research program with Heriot-Watt University

Stuart Mitchell

Leading ethical retailer, the Co-op, is helping to co-fund a PhD into the effects of discarded fishing gear on the seabed, also known as “ghost gear”. The PhD at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, will involve collaboration from the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) – a cross-sectoral alliance dedicated to solving the problem of ghost gear around the world – of which Co-op is an official supporter. The study will involve two systematic reviews to help understand exactly how ghost-fishing impacts on the marine ecosystem. It will also evaluate the effectiveness of…

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Co-op launches campaign to foil tonnes of aluminium this Christmas

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has launched a campaign to foil tonnes of aluminium, including Christmas mince pie wrappers, getting binned unnecessarily in landfill. Research by the Co-op has revealed that more than one in five (22%) UK adults do not recycle household aluminium and it is estimated that over 3,000 tonnes could end up in landfill this Xmas. Brits are expected to consume 378 million mince pies over the festive period, with around 378 tonnes of aluminium packaging used to bake and package the festive favourite. And almost a quarter of the aluminium…

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Co-op and Steel Warriors open new outdoor gym made from recycled knives in drive to reduce knife crime

Stuart Mitchell

Anti-knife crime organisation, Steel Warriors launches its newest outdoor gym made from recycled knives in Ruskin Park, Lambeth built in partnership with community retailer, Co-op. The new gym is the first of a 20-gym plan Co-op has committed to build by partnering with Steel Warriors, the charity which launched in 2017 by taking seized and surrendered knives off the streets of London and melting them down to build its inaugural calisthenics gym in Tower Hamlets. The gym is supported by the Co-op which has warned that the increasing lack of…

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