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Greenpeace is calling on retailers and the Government to set firm targets to at least halve usage of single-use plastics in supermarkets by 2025.
Greenpeace commissioned sustainability advisors 3Keel to work with the UK supermarket sector exploring how effective reduce and reuse models could be.
Half of this reduction (25%) should come from a shift to reusable packaging systems.
For some products such as vegetables, fruit and salads, the elimination of packaging would be required in favour of loose produce.
For other categories, such as water, carbonates (or fizzy drinks), milk, juice, household cleaning, detergents, softeners, bath and shower products, and rice – the shift would need to be largely towards reuse-based systems.
