Tag: plastic

M&S Removes Over 5 Million Units Of Plastic From Its Men’s Essentials Range

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has announced it has moved to paper packaging across its men’s essentials range, removing almost 5.5 million units of plastic from its Clothing & Home business over the next 12 months. All of M&S’ men’s socks, as well as men’s woven pyjama sets, and almost 40% of men’s underwear lines are now available in FSC-approved paper packaging with paper hooks, which can be easily recycled at home. With 1 in 5 men in the UK purchasing their underwear and nightwear from M&S, the retailer is focused on…

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Bready, set, go! Sainsbury’s introduces new packaging across bakery, reducing over 560 tonnes of plastic a year

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s has made changes to several of its in-store bakery products as it aims to reduce plastic waste. All doughnuts and pastries previously in plastic clam-shell style packaging are switching to cardboard and paper packaging – a 90% plastic reduction – which will reduce plastic packaging by 414 tonnes annually. Doughnuts are switching to card boxes with a small window and twin-pack pastries, as well as croissants and cinnamon swirls, are moving to paper bags*. In-store bakery bread will see up to a 60% reduction in plastic through the removal…

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Sainsbury’s reduces plastic waste by almost 700 tonnes through fish and chicken packaging revamp

Stuart Mitchell

Sainsbury’s is introducing a number of packaging changes across its own-brand chicken and fish lines, with the new packaging set to save 694 tonnes of plastic a year – the weight of almost 100 elephants1. All own-brand salmon fillet trays are switching from pulp cardboard instead of plastic, a UK retailer first, which will result in 70% less plastic, saving 346 tonnes of plastic a year. Alongside this, Sainsbury’s is rolling out cardboard trays across its Taste the Difference and by Sainsbury’s breaded chicken lines, set to save 300 tonnes…

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Asda changes beef mince packaging to save over 60 tonnes of plastic each year

Stuart Mitchell

Asda has announced it is removing traditional plastic tray packaging across its Just Essentials beef mince range and is replacing it with a lighter and recyclable flexible plastic film alternative. The new packaging, which is now available in stores and online, contains 60% less plastic than previous version and is fully recyclable through Asda’s in-store collection points, which will help to remove 67.6 tonnes of plastic from Asda’s supply chain annually. The previous version of the packaging was used from May 2022 through to January 2024. The vacuum-pack method of…

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M&S removes over 4 million units of plastic packaging in Cafes across UK

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer has introduced new recyclable paper packaging across its range of sandwiches and toasties available in all M&S Cafés across the UK. From this month, the entire range of M&S’ Café sandwiches and toasties will be available in easy to recycle FSC approved cardboard or paper packaging which uses 79% less plastic – but doesn’t compromise quality or customer selection. The small window allows customers to see the product inside but is accepted by recyclers to be recycled with paper in the paper waste stream. With over 300…

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