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A pilot launch will see a group of leading food brands launch front-of-pack environmental scores on a range of products in September
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
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
The average person in England now buys only 10 bags a year compared with 140 bags in 2014 before the charge was introduced
The new alternatives can be reused as food waste caddy liners
The Co-op Food Share campaign will have a phased roll out during 2018
Reverse vending machines will be installed at its pop-up stores at Download, Latitude and Reading and Leeds festivals
The firm will start selling its own-brand water in bottles made from 50% recycled plastic
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 […]
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 […]