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Morrisons launches its first fully plastic free Christmas gift wrap range

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has completely removed plastic packaging from its Christmas gift wrap and accessory ranges – removing over 3.1 tonnes of plastic shrink wrap from its wrapping paper alone. This is in addition to the removal of glitter and plastic from paper wrap, crackers and cards in previous years, which has reduced plastic in its range by over 150 tonnes over the past three years. This year, Morrisons has removed plastic film and plastic shrink wrap from its festive wrapping paper and gifting accessories such as gift tags and bags. Gift…

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Morrisons Builds on Better Practice by Reusing Materials To Construct Its ‘New’ Store

Stuart Mitchell

As the cost of living continues to rise and the construction industry remains a culprit for wasteful practices, going back to basics rather than turning to technology and innovation can sometimes bring surprising results. Morrisons has demonstrated that some problems can be solved by using what is right in front of us, when it demolished a store in Little Clacton, Essex, last year, due to structural problems. The supermarket chain redesigned the store on the same site but wanted to make sure it would be low impact and more energy-efficient…

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Morrisons becomes first supermarket to launch its own carbon neutral eggs

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has become the first supermarket to launch its own line of carbon neutral eggs as part of its commitment to be directly supplied by ‘zero emission’ British farms by 2030, five years ahead of the rest of the supermarket industry. In stores now, Morrisons new carbon neutral ‘Planet Friendly Eggs’ come from Morrisons farms where hens are fed a soya-free diet of insects – which are in turn fed on food waste from its bakery, fruit and vegetable sites. This pioneering ‘circular waste’ feeding scheme, powered by Better Origin…

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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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Morrisons Employs Tree Advisors to Help UK Farmers Meet Planting Targets

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons has employed a team of ‘Tree Advisors’ who will give specialist advice to UK farmers on the best species of trees to plant, where to plant them and how to manage their woodland – to have the best environmental effect without impacting upon their farm business.  The Tree Advisors* will work with Morrisons network of 3,000 farmers to plant the right tree species in the right place for the right reasons, to gain government and grant funding to cover their costs, and to bring in additional income from their…

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