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1.5 million tonnes of plastic could be replaced each year from supermarkets across Europe.
In collaboration with White Space we've identified five areas where plastic packaging could be replaced. These include:
- Plastic display trays: Often overlooked as shoppers don’t take them home, the report says these could be replaced by fibre alternatives
- Fresh produce punnets: These could be substituted with corrugated punnets as trialled by Waitrose for Duchy Organic grapes in January 2019, according to the study
- Shrink wrap: Used to wrap nearly all soft drinks at some stage, the study says this could be replaced by corrugated and glue dot alternatives
- Ready meal trays: A complex area but one where innovations are being made
- Meat, fish and cheese packaging: Not currently a high priority but a large section of the market and therefore the research identifies this as an opportunity