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Anya Hindmarch to launch the Universal Bag in collaboration with ASDA and Co-op

Stuart Mitchell

Sixteen years ago, the ground-breaking ‘I Am Not A Plastic Bag campaign* raised awareness of the global issue of single use plastic bags. Since then, the use of single use plastic bags has reduced dramatically, with sales falling 95% in the main supermarkets between 2015 – 2020, after the UK Government introduced legislation to address the issue. Whilst this is fantastic progress, nearly half a billion single use plastic bags were still sold in the UK between 2021 – 2022, according to recent Government data.1 Anya Hindmarch, in collaboration with…

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Co-op increases funding for community groups providing ‘warm spaces’ as freezing temperatures hit the UK

Stuart Mitchell

As a number of severe weather warnings for snow and ice are in place across the UK and temperatures continue to fall, Co-op is has increased the flow of funds to community groups through its £1 million ‘Warm Spaces’ funding boost, to provide further urgent support to local community organisations across the UK, as they help communities navigate rising energy costs during the cold winter months. All community groups with live fundraising campaigns as part of the fund have today (19 January) been given £500 from Co-op to help them…

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Co-op becomes first retailer to launch a £1m ‘warm spaces’ funding boost to support vital services and keep UK communities warm this winter

Stuart Mitchell

As winter looms, Co-op becomes first retailer to launch a £1 million ‘Warm Spaces’ funding boost, to provide urgent support to local community organisations across the UK, as they help communities navigate rising energy costs during the cold winter months. This funding comes as a welcome boost, with insight from more than 1,600 local community causes across the UK showing that nearly two-thirds (59%) of projects have experienced a shortfall in funding over the past 12 months. Over three- quarters (84%) of local causes have seen an increase in demand,…

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Co-op proves it has the bottle with new recycling initiative

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op is launching a trial to uncover the number of its own-brand plastic bottles that are being recycled to improve its understanding of true recycling figures to help benchmark future rates for the industry. The UK’s leading convenience retailer is working in partnership with Polytag – a technology business that enables a circular economy for packaging – to collect recycling data that will showcase the exact number of Co-op bottles that are being sorted at recycling centres. Co-op will be the first brand in the world to start collecting data…

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Co-op to ‘clear’ shelves of all coloured milk bottle tops to increase recyclability

Stuart Mitchell

Co-op has committed to removing all coloured milk bottle caps from its shelves, the convenience retailer has confirmed, delivering ‘clear’ benefits for the recyclability of the lids. Shoppers are soon set to see clear caps on all Co-op’s skimmed, semi-skimmed and whole milk across all its stores in towns, villages and cities across the UK. Clear bottle tops reduce colour contamination in the high-density polyethylene (HDPE) stream, allowing materials to be recycled more easily into food-grade packaging. The move follows successful consumer trials on semi-skimmed milk in more than 400…

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