date:Jan 15, 2019
majority of black plastic packaging is coloured using carbon black pigments which do not enable the pack to be easily sorted by the systems widely used in plastics recycling.
As a result, black plastic packaging can commonly end up as residue and disposed of in landfill.
Tor Harris, Head of CSR, Health Agriculture for Waitrose Partners, said: Eliminating black plastic is a priority for us.
While removing it we have also taken the opportunity to reduce the amount of plastic of any colour by