Tag: plastic free

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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Comic Relief launches 100% plastic free red noses

Stuart Mitchell

Comic Relief launch their first ever 100% plastic-free, plant-based Red Nose which will launch early next year for Red Nose Day 2021.  The new Red Nose will be made from bagasse, a natural by-product of sugarcane, chosen for its widely celebrated sustainable qualities. The new Nose has taken over 18 months to develop, following extensive research and testing into suitable plastic-free alternative materials. In keeping with the environmentally friendly theme, the Noses will be available in 10 different characters representing the great outdoors for the public to collect, including a…

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Asda launches a range of plastic free crackers, cards and gift bags

Stuart Mitchell

This year, Asda has launched its first sustainable Christmas range, which will save a huge 66 tonnes of plastic this year – the equivalent of nearly 3,000 real Christmas trees.   Continuing its commitments to helping customers to reduce, re-use and recycle more, the range features glitter-free cards, wrap and gift-bags, which would in previous years have contained small particles of plastic.   This year, customers will be able to purchase a pack of 12 festive crackers which are made from 100% recyclable content, including the gift inside. In addition,…

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Diageo announces creation of world’s first ever 100% plastic free paper-based spirits bottle

Stuart Mitchell

Diageo has created the world’s first ever 100% plastic free paper-based spirits bottle, made entirely from sustainably sourced wood. The bottle will debut with Johnnie Walker, the world’s number one Scotch Whisky, in early 2021. It has been created through a new partnership with Pilot Lite, a venture management company, to launch Pulpex Limited, a new world-leading sustainable packaging technology company. To ensure that the technology can be used in every area of life, Pulpex Limited has established a partner consortium of world leading FMCG companies in non-competing categories including…

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