Tesco will this week start collecting previously unrecyclable plastics to be recycled in ten of its stores as part of a trial with the specialist firm, Recycling Technologies.
Customers will be able to return everything from pet food pouches to shopping bags and crisp packets, all of which cannot commonly be recycled by local councils. They will then be sent for recycling through Recycling Technologies’ new, state of the art recycling process.
The move is part of Tesco’s efforts to make all its packaging recyclable, creating a closed loop – preventing packaging from going to waste.
The plastics trial has seen ten collection booths introduced at Tesco stores in and around the Swindon and Bristol areas.
Tesco’s Director of Quality, Sarah Bradbury said: “Reducing and recycling plastics is such an important issue for us, for customers and for the future of our planet. That’s why we are working hard to reduce the amount of packaging in our stores and have committed that all remaining packaging will be recyclable by 2025.
“Our trial with Recycling Technologies will make even more of our packaging recyclable and help us reach our target. This technology could be the final piece of the jigsaw for the UK plastic recycling industry.”
