Aldi have announced that they are to put a ban in place over how it sells one of their most popular poroducts.
The budget supermarket will now remove all plastic shrink wrap from its multipacks of its Corale baked beans in a bid to further reduce plastic waste.
In addition to this, and if successful, they will also trial the removal of the outer plastic wrap for its sweetcorn mini packs in a number of stores this summer.
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The fifth largest UK supermarket have also said that if successful, this will remove a 24 tonnes of plastic from circulation per year, meaning Aldi customers will be able to buy more of their everyday items plastic-free.
The move, as reported by MEN, will save a further 78 tonnes of single-use plastic from going to landfill each year however shoppers have been told that there will still be a multipack discount when they buy four tins.
Richard Gorman, Plastics and Packaging Director at Aldi, said: “Removing unnecessary plastic from our multipack of beans is another step forward in our commitment to reduce plastic across our ranges.
“We know it’s becoming increasingly important to our customers that their everyday products are environmentally-friendly, and we’re pleased that this move will help them shop more sustainably.”
These changes are the latest in Aldi’s efforts to reduce and remove unnecessary plastic from its products with the supermarket pledging to halve the volume of plastic packaging it uses by 2025, which will see it remove 74,000 tonnes of plastic from circulation.
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