Aldi is to trial removing plastic packaging from packets of toilet roll in a move that it claims could save more than 900 tonnes of plastic a year.
The supermarket said it will sell four-packs of its 'luxury toilet roll' in paper, rather than non-recyclable plastic, in 174 stores across parts of the North East and the Midlands from next month.
If successful, the paper packaging will be rolled out across the country and on all packets of toilet paper, saving an estimated 935 tonnes of plastic each year.
The move could then be extended to cover kitchen towels in due course.
It comes after the grocer announced plans to remove plastic packaging from dozens more loose vegetables last week.
Fritz Walleczek at Aldi UK, said: "From taking shrink-wrap off vegetables to introducing paper and compostable bags, we are committed to ensuring that our packaging doesn’t end up as waste," he said.
The grocer also recently announced plans to open a wave of new Aldi stores over the next 12 weeks - including in London.
It comes after Lidl confirmed its first central London store - which will appear on Tottenham Court Road, near Warren Street station, in summer 2020.
Aldi, the UK’s fifth largest supermarket, currently has 830 stores in the UK. It has plans to make this 851 by September 2019.
This will include a new store in Camden, London, Cardiff, Dundee and Borehamwood.
