‘Eco-scores’ for greener baskets!

A pilot launch will see a group of leading food brands launch front-of-pack environmental scores on a range of products in September

Co-op says own-brand food and drink ‘will be carbon-neutral by 2025’

The move is part of a wider climate action plan the company is putting in place to help it achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2040

‘Electrification of transport could be the real elephant in the room’

That’s the suggestion from Nigel Holden, the boss of Co-op Power who spoke to FNZ Founder Sumit Bose, about the real challenges of a post-Covid-19 net zero journey

Supermarkets report 90% decline in plastic bag sales after 5p charge

The average person in England now buys only 10 bags a year compared with 140 bags in 2014 before the charge was introduced

Co-op to replace single-use plastic bags with compostable ones

The new alternatives can be reused as food waste caddy liners

Co-op implements fresh scheme to end food waste

The Co-op Food Share campaign will have a phased roll out during 2018

Co-op to trial deposit return scheme for plastic bottles at UK music festivals

Reverse vending machines will be installed at its pop-up stores at Download, Latitude and Reading and Leeds festivals

Co-op’s recycling plans aren’t watered down

The firm will start selling its own-brand water in bottles made from 50% recycled plastic

How’s that for green tea?

  Co-op is developing a fully biodegradable paper tea bag. The retailer says it is the first to have found a solution to the problem of plastic waste caused by the product. The industry generally uses polypropylene to enable teabags to hold their shape – cutting this out could save nine tonnes of plastic every […]

Co-op shelves food waste with best-before switch-up

  Food will soon be sold past its best-before date across Co-op stores in the East of England. The grocer says the move aims to significantly reduce food waste by selling tinned, packaged and dried products for only 10p, for a month after their labelled best-before dates. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) advises food past […]