Sainsbury’s has launched a new system that allows customers to recycle the polypropylene (PP) film that is used for salad bags, frozen food bags, biscuits and cake wrappers.
The system is currently being trialled in 63 shops across the north east of England and is part of Sainsbury’s commitment to make recycling easier for customers by offering more facilities in its stores.
The retailer currently provides front of store collection points for polyethylene (PE) film and carrier bags in over 600 supermarkets. If the trial is successful, PP recycling facilities will be rolled to all of its supermarkets by the end of 2021.
Last year, the retailer also pledged to halve its use of plastic packaging by 2025 and become net zero in its operations by 2040.
Claire Hughes, Director of Product and Innovation, said: “Sainsbury’s is dedicated to trialling and testing new initiatives as part of our ongoing commitment to make it easier for customers to recycle. We hope that by trialling flexible film recycling points in our stores and accepting more of the packaging that our customers may be unable to recycle at home, we are helping our customers reduce plastic waste.
“We’ll listen to feedback from our colleagues and customers before we roll out the flexible plastic packaging recycling scheme wider.”
