Tag: Remove

Tesco engages suppliers to accelerate plans to tackle plastic waste

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is bringing together suppliers at a sustainability event to discuss new ways to eliminate even more plastic waste where it matters most. As a part of Tesco’s 4Rs packaging strategy – Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – suppliers will be asked to accelerate progress and to go further and faster in removing plastic where alternatives are possible. The retailer will apply a particular focus to areas that can make the greatest difference at scale, as well as tackling packaging which is most at risk of ending up in the natural…

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Tesco launches phase two of Remove, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle plan to suppliers

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has launched the second phase of its Remove, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle plan, which sets out four steps that will govern packaging design across all product categories: Remove all non-recyclable and hard to recycle material Where we can’t remove, reduce it to an absolute minimum, including excess packaging Explore new opportunities to reuse it, and if we can’t Ensure it is all recycled as part of a closed loop. Since announcing its ambition in 2018 to remove hard-to-recycle materials, Tesco will have eliminated the hardest to recycle materials from…

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