date:Sep 17, 2019
Sainsburys has pledged to halve its plastic packaging on food and beverage products across its operations by 2025.
The supermarket reduced plastic packaging by just 1% last year so, unsurprisingly, its keen to scale up its efforts.
At present, it uses almost 120,000 tonnes of plastic packaging per year and believes a transformational leap in thinking is required to move the industry beyond existing efforts at reducing packaging.
To meet this goal, Sainsburys will launch a programme to acceler