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Morrisons scrapping ‘use by’ dates from milk to help customers reduce waste

Stuart Mitchell

From 31 January Morrisons will scrap ‘Use By’ dates on 90 per cent of its own brand milk – and encourage its customers to use a sniff test – to help to reduce food waste in the home.  Morrisons anticipates the move will stop millions of pints of its own brand milk from being thrown away every year.  ‘Use By’ dates will be scrapped from Morrisons own brand British and Scottish milks, Morrisons For Farmers milks and Morrisons organic milks in store – supplied into Morrisons by Arla farmers. Morrisons…

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Morrisons Works with Food and Drink Suppliers to Reduce Greenhouse Gases

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons is working with its own-brand suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as part of its commitment to lower the amount of carbon emitted in its wider supply chain. Own-brand suppliers will be encouraged to reduce the greenhouse emissions associated with the sourcing, manufacture and transportation of their products. By working together, Morrisons hopes to achieve a 30 per cent reduction in supply chain Scope 3 carbon emissions by 2030. Morrisons will initially offer 400 of its own-brand suppliers access to a new industry-leading software platform called Manufacture 2030. The…

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Morrisons trials seaweed animal feed for more climate-friendly cows

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons is working with Queen’s University Belfast on a three-year trial looking at the use of seaweed from the UK in helping to reduce methane production in cattle. The innovative research programme is being led by Professor Sharon Huws and Dr Katerina Theodoridou of the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at the university and is testing indigenous seaweed from the Irish and UK coastlines. The aim is to evaluate the nutritional value of seaweed and assess its potential to reduce methane emissions, improve animal health, and enhance meat and…

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Morrisons to Reduce Soya Use on Road to Carbon Neutral Eggs

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons will reduce the use of soya feed at 10 of its free range egg farms as it works towards becoming the first supermarket to launch own brand carbon neutral eggs in 2022. New Better Origin insect ‘mini farms’ will be introduced onto the UK egg farms to feed the hens, who will also receive a supplementary diet of British beans, peas and sunflower seeds. The ‘mini farm’ containers, in which millions of insects are kept, will provide nutrient rich and natural food for the hens. The insects will be…

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Morrisons to co-own world leading soft plastic recycling site in UK

Stuart Mitchell

Morrisons will become the first supermarket to own its own recycling operations through the acquisition of a significant stake in a new recycling site in Fife. The site will reprocess ‘hard-to-recycle’ soft plastics. Uniquely within the industry, Morrisons already owns 18 of its own food making sites.  Morrisons has also committed that by 2025, it will recycle and reuse the equivalent amount of plastic it puts on to the market within its own recycling facilities, to develop greater recycling in the UK. It has already announced it will reduce its…

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