PACKAGING SUPERMARKETS AND PLASTIC WASTE
All major supermarkets have now made public commitments to tackle plastic waste. Already, most have either stopped selling or reformulated several single use plastic items, such as plastic straws and cotton buds. Here is just a snapshot of the plans and actions being taken by supermarkets to address the problem.
Tesco first published a ‘preferred materials list’ in 2018 and have since achieved the elimination of all hard to recycle packaging from its own label ranges. Earlier this year the retailer announced its intention to introduce collection points for ‘soft plastic’ within its stores across the UK, after a successful trial in the South West of England in 2019. Tesco hopes to collect and recycle over 1000 tonnes of soft plastic per year. As this type of plastic can rarely be recycled at home it often goes to landfill.
Morrisons have pledged that no later than 2025, all of their own brand plastic packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable and have stated that plastic reduction is the third most important issue to their customers. The retailer was first to remove hard to recycle black plastic from its own label food packaging in 2019. Other initiatives include the ability for customers to bring their own containers to their Market Street butchery counters.
Asda is aiming to make all of its own-brand packaging 100% recyclable by 2025. All of its plastic steak trays have been replaced with cardboard, reportedly saving 720 tonnes of plastic to date. In
addition the retailer has also removed black plastic trays from its own-label ready meals range, replacing them with trays made from at least 80% recycled plastic.
Sainsburys have committed to halving their use of plastic packaging by 2025 across brand and own-label and to ensuring that the remaining plastic within its supply chain is re-usable, recyclable or compostable.
To date they’ve replaced 9,769 tonnes of plastic, including black plastic, polystyrene and plastic film with recyclable alternatives and introduced re-usable bags in their fruit and veg aisles.
Aldi announced in July 2020 their plan to halve the volume of plastic packaging it uses by 2025. It estimated that between 2020- 2025 this would eliminate 74,000 tonnes of plastic – or 2.2 billion pieces.
The retailer’s plastic reduction strategy also includes targets to ensure that own-label products are recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2022 and branded products by 2025.
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