Sep 25, 2018 | Food Packing, News, Retailing
Co-op has announced an end to single-use plastic, seeing around 60 million plastic carrier bags removed in a phased rollout and replaced with an ‘environmentally-friendly’ alternative. The move is part of a new ethical strategy to be launched by the retailer, which...
Aug 2, 2018 | Food Packing, Ingredients, News, Retailing
Iceland has become the first supermarket chain in the UK to sell plastic-free chewing gum in a bid to reduce its single-use plastic consumption. The primary ingredient in most chewing gum is ‘gum base’ – a non-biodegradable substance made with synthetic polymers...
Jun 28, 2018 | Food Packing, News, Retailing
With plastic reduction currently a hot topic in food, a mobile supermarket aisle stocked exclusively with plastic-free products is set to tour Europe. The mobile aisle offers an idea of what the retailers of the future could look like and is currently on display at a...
Jun 8, 2018 | News, Retailing
Quorn has announced they will eliminate more than 297 tonnes of black plastic packaging from its supply chain by the end of June 2018. In a statement the company says this moves it one step closer to achieving 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by...
