NEWS EXTRA NEWS EX NEWS EX
XTRA
“OUR PRECIOUS PLANET”: WA
WHY THE COUNTR WANTS TO GO PLASTIC-FREE
Y W
Theresa Ma y recentl y introduced a 25-year plan to reduce plastic in the UK, and the DIY and garden industr y is implementing changes to accommodate the need for less packag ing waste. Kiran Grewal reports.
W to DIY We
ith Government r ecently introducing a new scheme aimed at tackling the issue of
the
UK’s increased plastic packaging waste, leading home improvement and garden retailers have spoken Week about the individual
eek about the in
structure they have within their companies and how they propose to implement a plastic-free strategy inside stores and facilities. The
8 DIY WEEK 9 FEBRUARY 2018
Environmental Audit
Committee (EAC) published a report last month, launching an
enquiry into disposable packaging, and the use of coffee cups and plastic bottles. In this report it highlighted “consumer confusion,” as the majority of people are led to believe disposable cups are widely recycled and would dispose of them in on-street recycling bins, showing a lack of clarity between retailers and its customers. It has also been proposed in the report that the Government should set a target that all single-use coffee cups should be r ecycled by 2023, and if this target is not achieved, the Government should ban disposable coffee cups altogether.
Stewart’s Garden Centr e, having earned itself an accolade for Environment and Community at the GCA Awar
commented on the EAC’s proposal. Retail and marketing director Terry Head said: “We do agree [with the proposal] as there are suitable alternatives and we are alr eady in the process of stopping single-use items in the cof fee shops altogether and of fering our own range of reusable coffee cups.”
Aw ds last month, Te
We
the company “We
We curr we can.
Speaking of current strategies in pany
y,, Mr Head, continued:
e currently recycle as much as Glass, polystyrene, paper,r,
cardboar d, food waste, mixed plastic and printer cartridges are all collected and recycled, and our used coffee grounds are bagged and given away free to customers who wish to use them in their gardens. We have collection points in our car parks for our customers’ old plastic plant pots to ensure they are sent off for recycling. “In an ef fort to reduce the use of single-use carrier bags, we have ar eas by the tills wher e customers can pick up car dboar d boxes to use instead. We
We e have collection po We curr ently sell Stewarts
r eusable jute bags, and we’ve now tar geted ourselves with eradicating
www.diyweek.net
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36
