From: Packaging News
Morrisons has introduced traditional brown paper bags for loose fruit and veg in its green grocery areas.
The new paper bags are made from 100% recyclable paper, and feature a see-through paper strip
The move will cut 150m small plastic bags being used annually.
Drew Kirk, fruit and veg director at Morrisons, said: “We’ve listened to customers concerns about using plastic bags for fruit and vegetables and that is why we are bringing back paper bags. There’s more work to do, but this step will mean we prevent 150m bags from being used in our stores every year.””
Customers can also bring their own containers to Morrisons Butchers and Fishmongers counters. To encourage more people to start using their containers, the supermarket is offering 100 loyalty card points every time they are used.
Morrisons has committed to ensuring all of its own-brand plastic packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
Since 2010, Morrisons says it has reduced the weight of packaging used across its Market Street counters by 50% (10,000 tonnes).
Additional steps taken by the supermarket include:
● Only using paper drinking straws in its cafes;
● Only stocking cotton buds with paper stems, rather than plastic ones;
● Removing plastic packaging from its full range of own brand eggs;
● Offering Recycling Points in the entrance of all of its stores for old plastic bags and film; and,
● Removing small plastic fruit and vegetable bags from its greengrocery aisles.
Not all environmentalists have applauded the supermarket’s paper bag move, however, as some believe it will have a greater global warming impact. Chris Goodall, an author and environmental expert, told The Guardian that it was a “retrograde step” adding: “Most of the plastic in the seas comes from a small number of rivers, it does not come from me buying greens in Morrisons.
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