Mike Coupe

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Sainsbury's has cut in half the last supermarket to target packaging waste, pledging to, the amount of plastic used in the branches up to the year 2025.

reach out to their customers to change their behaviour to, the "bold ambitions," She Said , for example, by buying milk in plastic bags.

It is also invites The Public and the business partners provide to new ideas.

"the reduction of plastic and the packaging is not easy," said Mike Coupe , Sainsbury's chief executive.

"We can't work on Our Own , and we ask our suppliers and our customers With Us . "

MPs-reduction of packaging should be the priority for retailers, instead of replacing this plastic with compostable or recyclable alternatives.

The infrastructure is not disposed of still exists in the UK, compostable or biodegradable materials effectively, the Parliament of The Committee for The Environment , food and rural Affairs found. The Committee said the broader ecological considerations had to be taken into account, for the replacement of plastic packaging, including its carbon footprint.

Bring your own

On Friday, Sainsbury's, is the meeting with food manufacturers, packaging suppliers, material scientists, and the waste and recycling industry to kick-start The Process of identification of new solutions.

However, the supermarket said it was already with the implementation of some measures, including removing all plastic bags from its fruit and vegetable sections, by the end of this month.

Instead, the customer will be invited to bring your own bags, buy reusable bags made from recycled plastic bottles, or put the price stickers on loose items.

Sainsbury's sell reusable bags for fresh produce

The supermarket as the introduction of paper bags, but the spokeswoman, Rebecca Reilly said the Net Impact would have been even worse for The Environment .

"It is the deforestation that is link, and they are heavy and bulky [plastic]. Take a seat in the transport, so there are knock-on carbon emissions," She Said .

Sainsbury's customers bring their own container for products from shampoo, to raw meat and fish, and to sell more products loose the weight, a little Waitrose trial began earlier this year.

bags of milk

In many areas, it was A Question of the reduction of plastic rather than elimination, suggested to Ms Reilly. For example, milk can be sold in pouches with less plastic than the current bottles.

But bird Helen out of the packaging, campaign group Wrap, said the plastic milk bottles were one of the elements already widely recycled widely used in the UK.

plastic bags, which are currently not recyclable, She Said , although she would probably be. less carbon emissions producing

But praised the scale of Sainsbury's level of ambition and to accept said that it does not have all the answers, was a reasonable approach to The Challenge for the future.

"We don't need to take decisions like this lightly," She Said . "To achieve this, you need a significant degree of innovation.

"you will also come to demand from the supplier to you with fresh business models, how you deliver products to customers in a way that no significant impact on prices and on carbon and food debris impact. "

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Source of news: bbc.com