ALDI has unveiled a new ban that will come into force across every one of its supermarkets in the country.
The retail giant has announced that it is switching from plastic packaging to pulp trays on its remaining egg lines, meaning all egg packaging in England and Wales will be plastic-free by the end of the year.
The ban on plastic packaging will see the removal of 900 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic each year – equating to 24 million pieces of plastic.
The move is part of Aldi’s pledge to halve the volume of plastic packaging used by 2025.
This will see it remove 74,000 tonnes - or 2.2 billion single items - of plastic packaging from products over the next five years.
Richard Gorman, Plastics and Packaging Director at Aldi, said: “We are proud to be amongst the first to commit to cutting plastic packaging from our entire egg range.
“We have a responsibility to provide customers with environmentally-sustainable options and it’s changes like this that help to make a difference.
“We’ve set ambitious targets to reduce our environmental impact over the next few years and so it’s now up to us to continue to step up our efforts to achieve these.”
The supermarket, which has been carbon neutral since January 2019, says it is also on track to have all own-label products as recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2022, and branded products sold at Aldi by 2025.
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