NEWS Tesco finds ways to cut plastics
The UK’s largest supermar- ket chain, Tesco, has announced it will remove 1bn billion pieces of plastic from products for sale in UK stores by the end of 2020. This is part of the chain’s so-called 4Rs strategy – Re- move, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – for removing non-recyclable and excess packaging from its business. Tesco said that the plan will involve removing: small plastic bags, commonly used to pack loose fruit, vegetables and bakery items, and replacing them with paper ones; plastic trays from ready meals; secondary lids on products like cream, yoghurts and
The UK supermarket chain talked to suppliers in August
cereals; sporks and straws from snack pots and drinks cartons; 200m pieces of plastic used to pack clothing and greetings cards. This follows a process that began with meetings
with suppliers in August “to let them know that packag- ing will form a key part of its decision-making process which determines which products are sold in its stores”. Tesco said that it has
since worked with suppliers and “reserves the right to no longer stock products that use excessive or hard-to- recycle materials”. The chain first announced plans to remove hard-to- recycle materials in 2018 and claims that it will have removed 4,000 tonnes of such materials from 800 lines by the end of this year. It is also working with brand- ed suppliers on this and has offered to help the govern- ment to introduce a national infrastructure for recycling. It has already ceased to offer carrier bags with online deliveries, reducing de- mand by 250m per year. �
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