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Sainsbury's To Remove Plastic Bags For Loose Fruit, Vegetables, Bakery Items

UK retailer Sainsbury's has announced that it will remove plastic bags for loose fruit, vegetables, and bakery items. Customers purchasing these product...

Germany's Tchibo Offers Clothes Made From Recycled Materials

German coffee and homewares chain Tchibo has introduced a sports range that is made from ocean plastic, PET bottles and textile waste in order to contribut...

Spar Netherlands Conducts A 'Waste-Free' Annual Convention

Spar Netherlands has organised a 'waste-free' annual convention focused around the theme of responsible retailing in Utrecht. The event, which took plac...

Jumbo Aims To Make 27 Million Drinking Cups Sustainable

Dutch retailer Jumbo has announced a project that aims to make more than 27 million drinking cups sustainable on an annual basis. It will involve studyi...

EU Agrees To Ban Throw-Away Plastics To Limit Ocean Pollution

Throw-away plastic items such as straws and polystyrene cups will be banned in the European Union by 2021, EU officials agreed on Wednesday, as they passed...

M&S Introduces Eco-Friendly Shopping Bags In Partnership With Plastic Bank

UK retailer Marks & Spencer has launched a new eco-friendly shopping bag in association with Plastic Bank, aimed at alleviating poverty in Haiti an...

Tesco Trials Paying UK Customers To Return Plastic Bottles

Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, is stepping up efforts to encourage shoppers to recycle plastic bottles, trialing in-store recycling machines which...

Tesco Develops UK's First Recycled Plastic Supermarket Car Park

A Tesco Extra car park in Dumfries in the UK has been resurfaced with recycled plastic that is equivalent to the weight of 225,000 plastic carrier bags, th...

Mercadona Extends Roll-Out Of Sustainable Bags To 66 More Stores

Retail - Recycling

Sainsbury's To Remove Plastic Bags For Loose Fruit, Vegetables, Bakery Items

Germany's Tchibo Offers Clothes Made From Recycled Materials

Spar Netherlands Conducts A 'Waste-Free' Annual Convention

Jumbo Aims To Make 27 Million Drinking Cups Sustainable

EU Agrees To Ban Throw-Away Plastics To Limit Ocean Pollution

M&S Introduces Eco-Friendly Shopping Bags In Partnership With Plastic Bank

Tesco Trials Paying UK Customers To Return Plastic Bottles

Tesco Develops UK's First Recycled Plastic Supermarket Car Park

Mercadona Extends Roll-Out Of Sustainable Bags To 66 More Stores

French Retailer Leclerc Relaunches Cookware Recycling Programme

Tesco Seeks To Develop 'Closed Loop' Packaging Recycling System

Carrefour Romania Introduces Waste Oil Recycling Initiative

Carrefour Launches Recycling Station In Taiwan