Most of the major supermarket chains now have carrier bags that have recycled content material or degradable material. For example Tesco's bags are degradable and Sainsbury's carriers have 33% recycled content. But which is the best environmental option? This is a huge issue as around NINE BILLION free carrier bags are given out by UK retailers each year!
In their latest CSR report, Waitrose express concerns that many of the degradable bags will end up in landfill as the UK does not have enough capacity to recycle them all.
I have posted a note on this on the Retail Themes page of the Resource Efficiency - Knowledge Transfer Network. This can be accessed for free at: www.resource-efficiency.org
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