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Waitrose products will be black plastic packaging free by end of 2019

…And black plastic will not be used for Waitrose meat, fish, fruit and veg by end of this year. Waitrose has pledged to not sell any own label food in black plastic beyond 2019 – this is the earliest date a supermarket has committed to removing black plastic from its shelves. Reducing the use of […]

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Waitrose to Stop Selling Packs of Plastic Straws by September 2018 and Reduce Black Plastic Trays

The supermarket Waitrose will remove black plastic trays from meat, fish and fruit and veg ranges by end of year. The retailer has today announced that it will stop selling packs of disposable straws from September 2018. This builds on its track-record for being the first supermarket to stop selling items containing microbeads from September […]

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Iceland supermarket chain aims to be plastic free by 2023

Supermarket chain Iceland has said it will eliminate or drastically reduce plastic packaging of all its own-label products by the end of 2023. Iceland says the move will affect more than a thousand own-label products. New ranges will be packaged using a paper-based tray, rather than plastic. It follows recent outcries over the packaging of […]

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Scientists react as Government launches Environment plan

The Government has today launched its 25 Year Environment Plan, pledging to improve the natural environment by 2042. Many headlines have been made by the pledge to eradicate avoidable plastic waste, but the plan also considers sustainable land management, nature enhancement and reducing pollution, among other things. Leading environmental scientists at the University of Reading […]

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