Sustainability

 

Improving Poland’s recycling rates

Retailer Carrefour Poland and the EKO-Punkt Packaging Recovery Organisation are partnering to trial a deposit refund system for plastic bottles and aluminium beverage cans, in an effort to increase the amount of waste recycled and to support the household budget of Poles in times of high inflation.

Little by little

This week, the English government has finally confirmed a ban on single-use plastic cutlery items, following similar bans in Scotland and Wales, and supermarket Waitrose has announced a move away from glass to canned wines. But are these moves still too little too late?

Aldi joins Podback scheme

Aldi is set to become the first supermarket member of the Podback recycling scheme, helping customers in the UK to recycle their used coffee, tea and hot chocolate pods.

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