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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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Morrisons to Switch to 100% Peat-free Compost

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons will phase out peat-based compost at its 497 stores and 303 garden centres across the UK by the end of the year, to help customers to garden more sustainably. More widely, the Government has called on UK retailers to ban the sale of compost containing peat by 2024, to help tackle global warming. Over two million bags of compost are sold by Morrisons a year. In the place of peat, Morrisons is introducing a variety of sustainable composts for its customers. The range will include coir compost, which is…

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Morrisons Makes Salad Bars Greener by Introducing ‘Rentable Boxes’

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons is introducing new ‘rentable’ boxes on its Salad Bar in four trial stores to allow customers to lunch more sustainably. It has also removed plastic cutlery from all stores. The Refill a Box scheme is the first of its kind to be trialled by a UK supermarket. Each ‘rentable’ box will replace Morrisons large salad box and is made from fully recyclable polypropylene. The boxes are designed to be used 400 times to prevent disposable plastic containers from being used. To use the new boxes, customers must first download…

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Morrisons introduces plastic free toilet rolls and kitchen rolls in paper packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons is launching paper-wrapped toilet and kitchen rolls to limit plastic waste and increase the use of recyclable packaging in customers’ homes. Toilet and kitchen rolls are two of the most commonly bought household products in the UK, with 98% and 82% of customers respectively, putting them in their baskets every week. The plastic film used to wrap these products has historically been difficult to recycle. The paper packaging, which is responsibly sourced and FSC certified, is 100% recyclable to make it easy for customers to put it into their…

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Morrisons and Together for Short Lives launch charity partnership

Stuart Mitchell

Together for Short Lives and Morrisons are set to raise vital funds for children’s hospices across the country, as part of a flagship three-year-partnership, as well as helping families make precious memories, and reaching even more families caring for a seriously ill child. Families like Lorna’s, who has been supported by her local children’s hospice, Chestnut tree House. Her daughter Essie died at 18 months old. Lorna says: “What Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice gave us is memories that will last a lifetime.” Lorna has recorded a special film to…

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