Category: Retail
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Market traders now using biodegradable plastic bags
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2025/11/09/market-traders-now-usingbiodegradable-plastic-bags
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Retailers continue march towards plastic-free future (Vietnam)
https://vir.com.vn/retailers-continue-march-towards-plastic-free-future-134990.html
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Co-op to cut over 100 tonnes of plastic with packaging switches (FREE)
ADVERTISING – New revolutionary biodegradable plastic resin from Symphony Environmental called ‘NbR’: Less fossil and CO2 emissions — This is…
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phade’s® World-first PHA-Lined Paper Cups and Lids for Hot Beverages Now Available at Walmart
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Starbucks redesigns its iconic white takeaway cup in Europe for rollout across the region
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How AI Can Reduce Food Waste at Restaurants
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Walmart expects to fail on packaging sustainability goals amid “external challenges”
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Starbucks Slammed For Shifting To Biodegradable Cups In US: ‘Drips Like Sieves’
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Starbucks’ compostable cups are a design flop
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Starbucks goes for coffee cups with bioplastics lining
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Some Starbucks Are Switching to Compostable Cups for Cold Drinks: Is Your Store on the List?
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Amazon trials vegetable-based bags for grocery deliveries in Spain
ADVERTISING – New revolutionary biodegradable plastic resin from Symphony Environmental called ‘NbR’: Less fossil and CO2 emissions
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Belgian retailers form reusable packaging coalition to bring systemic change to waste management
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Waitrose launches cork recycling scheme
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Australian Supermarkets swap plastic for compostable produce bags, but waste issue remains
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Sea-Tac Airport Moves to All Reusable or Compostable Food Service Materials
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Aldi pioneers transparency in flexible plastic recycling via the Flexible Plastic Fund
Aldi pioneers transparency in flexible plastic recycling via the Flexible Plastic Fund
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NGO campaign against unnecessary plastic packaging in Belgian supermarkets
NGOs ask to report excess plastic packaging to Fost Plus who will contact the company to inquire
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Fresh Harvest goes for bioplastic packaging
Organic food delivery service Fresh Harvest supplements its reusable packaging with new compostable produce film that is also used to…
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How restaurants can benefit from composting?
Multiple studies have shown that the use of compostables in food packaging is highly desired by consumers.
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Calgary Co-op’s compostable bags target of pointless federal crackdown
The innovation behind Calgary Co-op’s compostable shopping bag should be cheered. Instead, the federal government will be making the bags…
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Walmart becomes reusable plastic bag fool
Social media is making fun of Walmart’s reusable bags nonsense
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ALDI brings products with digitally watermarked packaging to the German market
The ALDI SOUTH Group and ALDI Nord are taking part in the 3rd phase of the HolyGrail 2.0 initiative, a program driven by AIM-European…
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US retail pharmacy store CVS expands sustainable product offerings
The drug chain has added several new reusable and compostable products to its Total Home private label assortment.
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Coles goes compostable bags in fruit & veg section in all South Australian stores
Initiative will prevent 28 million plastic produce bags from being produced in one year
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Walmart debuts compostable cutlery made in the U.S.
Walmart is debuting its first store-brand compostable cutlery — and making it cheaper than the plastic kind.
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Co-op launches petition to save compostable bags
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is joining Calgary Co-op’s fight to save its compostable grocery bags — Whatever the outcome of…
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Lidl GB Goes PLA Tea Bags
Lidl GB own-label tea bags set to become fully plant-based and compostable, meaning customers can dispose of them in food…
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Natural Grocers Comes up with Good Idea Regarding plastic Bags
Natural Grocers Prevents 500 Million Single-use Plastic Bags from Impacting the Environment
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Sainsbury’s replaces Plastic with cardboard trays
More and more companies are switching from plastic to paper / cardboard. It’s not always to do with LCAs and…
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Binalot Goes biodegradable packaging
Binalot is a Filipino fast food chain.
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Lawyer Explains Los Angeles Single Use Plastic Regulation
Los Angeles County’s Single-Use Plastic Regulation for Restaurants and Delivery Services
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Coles partners with Planet Ark to help tackle waste and recycling
Retailer supports World Environment Day’s focus on beating plastic pollution and waste
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Aldi partners with Polytag for packaging traceability
Britain’s fourth largest retailer partners with Polytag to track its packaging
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What went wrong at ground-breaking Morrisons recycling plant?
The site in Fife was hailed as a huge step in the journey to recycle soft plastics. But a few…
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Ikea Goes Biobased Glue
To reduce the climate footprint of board production, IKEA is switching from fossil-based to bio-based glues.
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Morrisons Opens Chemical Recycling Plant in Scotland
Site tackles UK challenge of ‘hard to recycle’ soft plastic. The site is the first of its kind that can…
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Tesco Accused of Greenwashing over Biodegradable PLA Teabags
Complaint filed against retail giant after an experiment found that the teabags did not biodegrade after a year buried in…
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Tesco Launches Ocean Plastic Packaging for Fish
Tesco to roll out fish packaging in 30% recycled coastal plastic
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Calgary Co-op Seeking Bylaw Exemption for Compostable Bags
Representatives from Calgary Co-op were at city council seeking a bylaw exemption for their compostable shopping bags.
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US Retail Federation Talks About Sustainability on the Store Shelf
Compostable packaging and “mushroom” leather are just a few examples of what’s out there. Article by the National Retail Federation
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Why Don’t More Local Restaurants Use Biodegradable Packaging?
Why don’t more local restaurants use biodegradable packaging? Curious Louisiana investigates.
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Sainsbury’s Removes Plastic Lids from Own Brand Products
Sainsbury’s ramps up removal of single-use plastic lids, saving 71 million pieces of plastic annually
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First Retailer to go for Cove PHA Bottles
First Retailer to go for Cove PHA Bottles
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Coles Group to Launch SECOS MyEcoBag
Coles Group will be launching MyEcoBag™ compostable bag products by SECOS in 770 retail stores across Australia.
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Lidl Sets the Bar Very high to Reduce Carbon Footprint
This could be a shock wave in the retail industry. I don’t think Lidl can replicate this in all EU…
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7-Eleven Goes for BioPak
We are very excited about our new partnership with 7-eleven, supplying the most sustainable packaging to Australia’s favorite grab n’…
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Evian and Sainsbury’s Partner on Bottle Return Scheme
Evian pilots bottle return scheme at Sainsbury’s store
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Abel & Cole Moves Away from Compostable Plastics
The organic food delivery company said it was removing compostable plastic from all its fruit and vegetable boxes “effective immediately”…
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New Trend in Retail is Plastic Free Refillery Shops
The new trend in Retail is Plastic Free Refillery and it seems to be customer driven
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Canadian Grocer Tries to Fight Compostable Bag Ban
Canadian grocery store tries to fight Canadian compostable bag ban
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Yum China Approach to Sustainable Packaging
Yum China’s Innovative Approach to Sustainable Packaging is Driving Meaningful Progress
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Migros Revolutionises the Coffee Capsules Industry
CoffeeB: Migros launches the world’s first coffee capsule system without a capsule — This may well be a true revolution.…
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New California Bill Targets Online Retailers
New Legislation in California Targets Plastic Waste From Online Retailers
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Norway Asks Retail Data on Microplastics
Norwegian clothing firms told to share microplastic pollution impacts
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Waitrose Stops Coloured Milk Cap
Müller and Waitrose to scrap the coloured milk cap
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Retailers Greenwashing on Plastic Report
Check out new Changing Markets Foundation and Break Free From Plastic report investigating where European #supermarkets stand on #plasticpollution crisis.
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Coles Supermarket Goes Ocean Plastic Bags
Coles using plastic marine waste to make shopping bags
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UK Retailer Recalls Food due to Plastic Contamination
What if all retailers and suppliers had to recall food because it contained microplastics?
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Boots Goes Biodegradable Wipes
Wiped Out! Boots is banning all plastic-based wet wipes
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Ahold Delhaize Climate Update
Ahold Delhaize shared a climate update with Dutch NGO Milieudefensie.
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Walmart Launches Circular Connector
Innovation Meets Implementation: Walmart Launches Circular Connector
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Coles Goes Home Compostable Coffee Pods
Coles to become first major Aussie retailer to launch own brand coffee pods compostable at home
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A&W Goes Compostable Coffee Cups
Weird-looking. World-changing. A&W launches Canada’s first lidless, fully compostable coffee cup
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Aldi Goes Plastic Free Biodegradable Wipes
Aldi switches all own-label wipes to plastic-free and biodegradable materials
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UK Retailers Launch The Refill Coalition
A group of UK retailers has come together in the first-ever Refill Coalition collaborating to co-design a new innovative refill…
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Tesco Bans Wet Wipes (FREE)
Tesco becomes first major UK retailer to ban plastic wet-wipes. This is a FREE article
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Walmart Solution to Remove Single Use Plastic Completely
I think Walmart came up with an efficient solution to remove SUP. The Americans are very good!
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Footprint Launches Supermarket Solutions
Footprint Tackles Every Aisle with Sustainable Supermarket Solutions
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Tesco is Biggest Forest Destroyer
Tesco is the UK’s worst supermarket for forest destruction says Greenpeace
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Wrap, Asda and Unilever Partner on Reusable Packaging
World-leading research will pave the way for mainstream re-use and refill shopping in UK supermarkets
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Tupperware, Loop and Tim Hortons Partner on Reusable Packaging
Tupperware Creates One-of-a-Kind Reusable Packaging for Restaurant Brand International’s Tim Hortons as Part of Its Partnership with Loop
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Gordon Food Service Launches Re.Source Packaging
Gordon Food Service® Launches Re.Source™ – Sustainable Packaging That’s Simple For Customers And Easy On The Planet
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IKEA to Stop Plastic Packaging
IKEA to phase out plastic from consumer packaging by 2028
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French Food Delivery Charter Results
Balance of 6 month food delivery charter in France. Published by French Government.
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McDo Canada is Removing Plastic Tableware
McDonald’s Canada announces reduction of single-use plastics in Canadian restaurants
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Lanzatech and Migros Partner on CO2 PET Bottle
LanzaTech leads the way in getting consumer goods from recycled carbon to market
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US Class Action Vs Retailer Compostable Products Claim
US retailer loses class action on compostable products claims. This may have serious consequences for the US industry and maybe…
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Costa Coffee Goes Blockchain Reusable Cups
Costa Coffee trials innovative reusable cup scheme powered by blockchain
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McDonalds and Burger King Reusable Packaging Update
McDonald’s and Burger King (BK) have committed to pilot tests with reusable packaging with theTerraCycle Loop program.
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Lidl Goes Compostable Fruit and Veg Bags
Lidl Gb Builds On Plastic Reduction And Recycling Programme With New Compostable Fruit And Veg Bags And Plastic Packaging Trial
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Sainsburys, Dualit and OPRL Partner on Coffee Caps Recycling
Coffee just got a latte better: Sainsbury’s makes it easier than ever to recycle aluminium coffee pods at home
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Retailers Face Legal Action on Plastic
Supermarkets could face legal action for failure to act on plastic says ClientEarth
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Tesco Goes Soft Plastic Collection
Shoppers can now return all their soft plastic packaging to recycling points at every large Tesco store in the UK
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Reinvent the Bag Multi Retailer Pilot
CVS Health, Target & Walmart Together Launch In-store Pilots & Tests of New Design Solutions to Combat Plastic Waste
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Ulta Beauty Joins Reinvent Retail Bag Consortium (FREE)
The nation’s largest beauty retailer joins leading retailers across grocery, home goods, sports and apparel, to help combat plastic bag…
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Delivery Hero Launches Global Sustainable Packaging Program
Delivery Hero launches global Sustainable Packaging Program to reduce plastic waste and make statement on PFAS.
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Lidl GB Carbon Commitment
Lidl Gb Sets Ambitious Climate Targets And Will Become Carbon Neutral By 2022
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New Co-op Food Packaging Collection Scheme (FREE)
Co-op launches Europe’s most extensive collection scheme for plastic bags, crisp packets and food wrappings. This is a FREE article
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McDonalds Testing Reusable Tableware
McDonald’s is testing reusable tableware in France
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First Retailer in Canada to Set Science Based Sustainability Targets
Holt Renfrew Announces Sustainability Commitments
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Sainsbury’s Launches Flexible Plastic Packaging Recycling System (FREE)
Following a successful trial in the North East of England, 520 Sainsbury’s stores will now offer a recycling system for…
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Carrefour Goes Environmental Label
Carrefour Is The First Retailer To Display The Eco-Score For Its Customers On Carrefour.Fr
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Target New Sustainability Strategy
Target Announces Bold New Sustainability Strategy: Target Forward
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Is Amazon an Environmental Calamity?
Amazon destroys millions of unsold items every year in the UK
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Amazon Plastic Problem
Oceana: Amazon (AMZN) plastic problem set to skyrocket with Prime Day booming sales
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Aldi Removes Plastic from Tea Bags
Aldi To Remove 1.4 Billion Pieces Of Plastic From Own-Brand Tea Bags
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Asda to Rollout Refill Zones to More Stores
Asda is rolling out its refill proposition to four more stores by the end of the year as the next…
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Aldi Goes Ocean Plastics
Aldi To Introduce Packaging Made From Recycled Plastic Bound For The Ocean
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