Sainsbury’s could sell milk and fizzy drinks in returnable glass bottles as part of a drive to halve the amount of plastic packaging it uses over the next six years.

The UK’s second largest supermarket uses nearly 120,000 tonnes of plastic packaging a year and is pledging to slash that figure by 50% by 2025, with its own label and branded grocery products coming under scrutiny. In 2018 the retailer reduced plastic packaging by 1%.

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/12/sainsburys-plans-to-halve-its-plastic-packaging-in-six-years

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