UK supermarkets launch voluntary pledge to cut plastic packaging
UK supermarkets and food companies launched a new voluntary pledge to cut plastic packaging on Thursday as ministers consider forcing them to pay more towards collecting and recycling the waste they produce. In a first response to a growing public backlash against the huge volumes of plastic rubbish, most of the UK’s largest supermarkets signed up to support the UK Plastics Pact – an industry-wide initiative which says it aims to transform packaging and reduce avoidable plastic waste. Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose are among the 42 businesses so far supporting the new pledge, which includes an aspiration that by 2025 all plastic packaging can be reused, recycled or composted.. But the same supermarkets have consistently refused to reveal how much plastic packaging they put onto the market, or commit to paying more to recycle it, in a system which is shrouded in secrecy.
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on Apr 26 2018. Filed under News at Now, No Plastic.
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