Category: Retail
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KFC Goes Home Compostable Packaging
KFC Canada announces 100% home compostable consumer packaging by 2025
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Amazon Shareholders Discuss Plastic
Amazon shareholders to discuss retailer’s plastic footprint
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News from Plastic Land (FREE)
I was doing my shopping when I realised that more plastic packaging had been removed from the supermarket shelves.
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Tesco Removes Plastic Packaging for Beer and Cider
Tesco has become the first major retailer to scrap soft plastic rings and shrink wrap packaging from all beers and ciders in its UK stores
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CO-OP Goes Compostable Plastic Bags
Co-op scraps bags for life and said it would replace the plastic bags with compostable carrier bags selling for 10p
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California Sues Retailer for Biodegradable, Degradable and Decomposable Plastics
State of California sues retailer for using terms such as Biodegradable, Degradable and Decomposable Plastics
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ASDA Goes Second Hand Clothes (FREE)
Sustainable style – George at Asda launches new second-hand vintage range.
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Starbucks to End Disposable Cups in South Korea
Starbucks to End Disposable Cup Use in South Korea by 2025
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Waitrose Removes PLA Packaging
Waitrose removed all PLA packaging from its own products
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Waitrose Goes Compostable Coffee Caps
Waitrose launches first own-brand compostable coffee capsules as homemade lattes replace office brews
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Tesco To Stop Plastic Bags for Click and Collect
Tesco issues new ban affecting every person who shops online
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New Seasons Market Stops Single Use Water Bottles
New Seasons Market to Eliminate Single-Use Bottles of Water by Earth Day
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Bavaria Goes Compostable Bags
Practical test of organic fruit and vegetable bags started in Bavaria
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ASDA Goes Reusable Fruit and Veg Bags
Asda removes more than 100m pieces of single use plastic from its stores
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Belgian Retail Starts Sustainability Rating Eco Score
On March 10, 2021, the Belgian retail group Colruyt announced that it would launch the Eco-Score for products of its private label brand
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Tesco Starts Recycling Points Networks for Soft Plastic
Tesco to launch UK’s biggest network of recycling points for soft plastic
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Wake Up Plastics Industry! (FREE)
(Bio-)Plastic bags are disappearing. This is a FREE article.
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Greenpeace Supermarket Plastic Ranking
How does your favorite supermarket rank when it comes to reducing the plastic pollution flooding our oceans, waterways, and communities?
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Delhaize Goes Recycled Paper Trays (FREE)
From today, Delhaize will gradually replace traditional plastic trays with a sustainable paper solution for its meat products
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Compostable Potato Packaging
New Compostable potato packaging — ECHO INSTRUMENTS, the best technology to Measure the Biodegradation of Bioplastics
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Stora Enso is Disrupting Retail
What if the safest option for packaging and materials companies was to get out of packaging and material?
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Delhaize Stops Plastic for Bio Range
The whole assortment of Delhaize organic fruits and vegetables soon without disposable plastic packaging
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Retailer Launch Sustainability Metric
Belgian Bio Retailer Färm Launch its Sustainability Metric including packaging — SYMPHONY ENVIRONMENTAL sues the EU for breach of REACH
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UK Supermarkets Ranking in Plastic Waste
Too many of the UK’s leading supermarket chains are treading water in the fight against mounting plastic pollution, our latest research reveals
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French Retailer Innovates Water Bottle Packaging
Leclerc is testing two innovations aimed at reducing its consumption of plastic and littering into the environment
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New Retailer Joins Consortium to Reinvent Retail Bag
Initiative is retailer’s latest effort to lessen its environmental impact — TEAL Innovates PHA Cosmetic Packaging for Beauty and Hotel
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First Lawsuit on Recycling Label
US company sued for using deceptive recyclability labels. Will this open the box of Pandora? Will this accelerate the downfall of the recycling industry? This could have repercussions in the whole world. Here’s the full document!
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Tesco to Cut Chicken Plastic Packaging
Tesco is announcing that from next year it will stop using plastic trays to pack its fresh, whole chickens.
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Iceland Replaces Plastic with Paper
iceland trials new packaging that could save over 350 tonnes of plastic every year. ‘If these trials are successful, the impact on plastic reduction will be huge,’ supermarket spokesperson says.
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ASDA Opens New Sustainability Store
Asda has today opened its new sustainability trial store and unveiled a new plastics reduction strategy with a promise that customers will not pay more for greener options.
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Store Sets Prices Based on Carbon Emissions
New store in Sweden prices goods based on carbon emissions.
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New Boots Recycling Scheme
Get rewards when you make recycling a part of your regime. Feel good about yourself, do good for the planet and get treats along the way. Everyone’s a winner with our recycling scheme.
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Lidl Says Bioplastics Should be Avoided
Lidl Says Bioplastics should be avoided; another major blow to the industry.
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Tesco Recycles Soft Plastic to Food Grade Quality
Tesco today claimed to have made a major breakthrough in the war on plastic, with the introduction of packaging using recycled soft plastic for the first time.
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Carrefour Roles Out Plastic Packaging Strategy
By signing the national pact on plastic packaging, Carrefour has made a commitment to implement actions for less plastic and more circular economy. Discover our actions.
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Morrisons Stops Plastic Bags
Morrisons considers ditching plastic ‘bags for life’ for paper alternative.
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US Retailer Starts Flexible Packaging Recycling
Nationwide program enables customers to recycle more than 300 products from America’s largest natural and organic brand without leaving home
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UK Retailers Commit to Combat Climate Change
Retailers to tackle climate change ahead of Government target. This commitment is unique in that it includes the supply chain. The roadmap is supported by twenty retailers.
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Amazon India Bans Single Use Plastic Packaging
The Indian unit of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) has eliminated all single-use plastic in its packaging across fulfillment centers in the country, in line with its target to weed out the packaging material by June, the e-commerce giant said on Monday.
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Wood-based Biodegradable Alternative to Plastic Netting
Jac. Vandenberg, a leading U.S. fresh produce importer, is transitioning from plastic nets used to pack their citrus fruits in favor of a compostable alternative made from beech tree pulp.
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Selfridges Goes for Futamura Natureflex
This Christmas Selfridges is launching a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging across its own brand range of festive food using innovative home compostable cellulose film NatureFlex.
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Brussels Supermarkets Hit by Corona Crisis
Let’s have a look at the situation in a Brussels supermarket close to the EU Parliament and Commission used by EU officials. It will give you an idea of how EU officials are experiencing the corona crisis.
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Aldi Imposes Closed Loop Packaging to Suppliers by 2025
If you’ve ever shopped for groceries at ALDI, you’ve probably noticed that the international supermarket chain is filled with plastic and non-recyclable packaging. But by 2025, every single product you see in ALDI will be either package-free or wrapped in recyclable, reusable, or compostable packaging, as ALDI announced last year.
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Lidl Goes Ocean Plastic Packaging
Lidl has become the first supermarket in the UK to launch new packaging made from “ocean bound plastic”.
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Massive Fraud of SUP Ban by French Retailers
To continue selling disposable plastic tableware, which has been banned since January 1, 2020, some French retailers have simply added the mention “reusable” to their products.
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Online Petition Urges Target To Stop Plastic Bags
We, Target customers, ask Target to eliminate plastic bags.
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No More Plastic Bags at Sobeys Grocery Stores
Starting Friday, shoppers at Sobeys will no longer be able to receive plastic bags when they buy groceries.
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Sainsbury’s Carbon Neutral Plan Includes Plastic Bottle Deposit
Retailer’s plans include cutting down on waste and a plastic bottle deposit scheme.
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Tesco Stops Plastic Wrap for Multipack Tins
Tesco is removing plastic wrapping from its multipack tins in an effort to cut down on waste.
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ASDA Goes for Refill Stations
Asda has announced plans to launch a new “sustainability store” where customers can refill containers with food products including coffee, tea and cereal.
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Meijer Woodward Corner Market Eliminates Single-Use Bags
A new Meijer neighborhood grocery store, set to open Jan. 29 in Royal Oak, Mich., is among the first in the Midwest to offer only sustainable bag alternatives, the company said.
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Taco Bell Goes Bioplastics
Taco Bell introduces global sustainable packaging commitments and U.S. employee programs.
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What the Grocery Sector is Doing About Packaging
There seem to be confusion about bioplastics.
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Canadian McDonalds Pilot Plastic-Free Packaging
Same fries, same shakes, new packaging.
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Irish Retailers Did Not Respect Plastic Pledge
Supermarkets that signed up to a voluntary waste reduction scheme miss packaging targets for 2019.
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France Takes the Lead in Bulk Sales
Controlling the quantities and the budget, reducing packaging and consuming local and seasonal products: bulk sales have captured the spirit and conquer consumers in France, even if it is still a market niche.
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Giant Eagle Eliminates Single-Use Plastic by 2025
Pittsburgh-based grocery store chain Giant Eagle announced Tuesday that it will eliminate single-use plastics by 2025.
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Biobased Coating Extend Shelf Life of Avocados
Together with Apeel Sciences, a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and one of TIME Magazine’s 50 Genius Companies, we are fighting against food waste. Subject to EU regulatory approval, we will integrate Apeel’s plant-derived food waste prevention technology in our avocado chain. This will double the edible shelf life on average.
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Morrisons To Stop Black Plastic From Own-Brand Packaging
The move will make 4,000 tonnes of plastic easier to recycle.
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Hema Launches Bioplastics Toys
HEMA launches together with BiOBUDDi an environmentally-friendly toy line. From next week there will be a brand new toy line available at HEMA.
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IKEA Israel Removes All Single-Use Plastics Tableware and Bags from Stores
Furniture giant announced last year it was removing all disposable items from its stores, worldwide.
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Australian Retailer Moves To Eliminate All Waste Going to Landfill
The brand is trialling a zero waste strategy in an effort to become Australia’s most sustainable supermarket.
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Iceland CEO Pressured by the Recycling Industry to Use Recycled Plastics
Iceland boss Richard Walker claims ‘Big Plastic’ is pressuring supermarkets to abandon their green efforts.
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Sainsburys to Introduce Refillable Packaging to Cut Plastic Waste
Supermarket chain exploring how to slash its use of 120,000 tonnes of plastics a year.
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Alibaba Food Delivery Platform Goes Bioplastics
BASF’s biopolymer ecovio® supports online food delivery platform Ele.me at the 4th Taobao Maker Festival.
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Thailand Retailers Stop Giving Plastic Bags
Giant retailers, plastic manufacturing titans, and department stores reached an agreement on Friday to stop handing out single-use plastic bags to customers starting early next year.
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Mitsubishi Chemical BioPBS Polymer Adopted for Comme des Garçons Bags
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation announced that the Japanese fashion label Comme des Garçons Co., Ltd. has adopted shopping and wrapping bags made from MCC’s BioPBSTM plant-derived and biodegradable polymer.
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M&S To Ditch Glitter on All Cards, Gift Wrap and Food Packaging
M&S has just made it a little easier to have an eco-friendly festive season. It might seem like a little while away, but with September just days away, Autumn is almost here and you’ll be planning your Christmas shopping in no time.
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Biodegradable Straws Now Available at County Stores
Aroostook county, Maine – A local grocery store chain is the latest to join the effort to reduce the amount of plastic and styrofoam that ends up in landfills.
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Tesco To Ban Brands Using Excessive Packaging
Chief executive says hard-to-recycle plastic on own-brand products will be eliminated.
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Tesco Communicates its Packaging Strategy and Guidelines for Suppliers
Tesco Launches Phase two of Remove, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle plan to suppliers.
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Cheap Biodegradable Sensors Can Tell Smartphones When Food Has Gone Bad
In order to help detect spoilage and reduce food waste for supermarkets and consumers, researchers have developed new low-cost, smartphone-linked, eco-friendly spoilage sensors for meat and fish packaging.
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SuperValu Goes Bioplastics
SuperValu to ditch plastic in favour of compostable shopping bags. Retailer hoping to take 2.5 million plastic bags out of circulation over the next year.
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Coca-Cola Goes Bioplastics
Coca-Cola will use recycled PET and plant-derived plastic in a Dasani water bottle, creating a package known as the “HybridBottle.” The move is one of several recycling-related changes being rolled out.
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Aldi to Trial Cardboard Steak Packaging
This new cardboard steak packaging has been unveiled by UK-based grocery retailer Aldi as part of its initiative to cut plastic use without worry about compromising on food quality or shelf life.
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Spar Austria Launches Bioplastic Toothbrush Under Private Label
Retail major Spar has launched an organic bioplastic toothbrush in Austria under its private label Beauty Kiss.
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Irish Lidle To Sell Seaweed Underwear
This is the next step in sustainable fashion – sustainable undies!
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Irish Supermarkets To Be Fined for Using Too Much Plastic
Supermarkets face fines and risk being named and shamed for creating excess waste or using too much plastic under plans to be teased out in September.
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Iceland Returns to Plastic After Huge Drop in Sales
Iceland boss Richard Walker has admitted the group still has a ‘mountain to climb’ on its plastic-free pledge after it was forced back to the drawing board on two key trials.
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Boots In The Middle of A Plastic Bag Polemic
Boots will phase out all plastic bags from its stores by 2020, replacing them with brown paper bags.
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7-Eleven Japan Goes Bioplastics
Convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Monday it will start selling all of its rice balls in wraps made of biomass plastics possibly from July as it aims to reduce the use of fossil-fuel-derived materials for the environment.
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Aldi Goes For Bioplastics Bags
Aldi has said it will ditch its plastic bags for paper and biodegradable bags from July.
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ASDA Testing New Type of Packaging
PRESS RELEASE – We’re trialling a new kind of packaging for fresh chicken that will save 75 tonnes of plastic waste. Anna Barr from our Poultry team explains how.
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All ALDI Packaging Reusable, Recyclable or Compostable by 2025
The supermarket chain is also taking a number of other steps to help combat the global plastics catastrophe.
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Waitrose Launches First Compostable Ready Meal Trays
Waitrose launch the first ever ready meal trays that can be composted at home.
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Sainsbury’s Trials Pre-Cycle Scheme Among Plastic Reduction Plans
Sainsbury’s, which was recently targeted by environmental campaigners, has announced several measures to tackle plastic waste.
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4000 Amazon Employees Want to End Reliance on Fossil Fuel
A group of more than 4,000 Amazon employees has signed an open letter to management calling on the company to end its reliance on fossil fuels.
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Trader Joe’s Goes Bioplastics
On December 31, 2018, Trader Joe’s announced a plan to focus on more sustainable and environmentally-friendly packaging. The initiative has several goals outlined: “reducing and removing packaging, sourcing renewable and recycled packaging materials, choosing packaging that can be realistically recycled, avoiding the use of harmful substances in packaging, and providing recycling and disposal instructions for…
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Middle East Fashion Retailer Goes Bioplastics
PRESS RELEASE – Fashion Retailer Splash has partnered with Natur-Tec to pioneer a new sustainable biopolymer-based packaging solution for the Middle East and South Asian region.
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Waitrose & Partners Replaces Black Plastics with Bio-based Packaging
Waitrose & Partners will replace black plastics with fibre-based packaging for its range of Italian ready meals.
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Lidl to Stop Using Black Plastic Packaging
Lidl UK plans to remove black plastic from its fruit and vegetable range by the end of this month and from its fresh meat, fish and poultry range by August next year.
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Co-op Supermarkets Will Use Bioplastics Bags
Co-op supermarkets will replace all single-use plastic bags with biodegradable alternatives.
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Waitrose Will Use Bioplastics Bags
Waitrose & Partners will start using bioplastics bags by next spring
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