A new move to scrap all baby wipes, moist toilet tissue and general cleaning wipes and more containing plastic has been confirmed by Tesco.
The supermarket, which is the UK’s biggest seller of baby wipes, will no longer sell branded baby wipes containing plastic by March 14.
As Tesco stopped using plastic in its own label baby wipes two years ago the entire range will now be plastic-free - the move is massive as Tesco sells more than 75 million packs or 4.8 billion individual of the childcare 'essential' each year.
It’s not just baby wipes that have been changed by the supermarket, all branded and own-label wipes in UK stores – bar one - are now plastic free.
There is only one type of wipe available at Tesco that contains plastic, a pet wipe, which will be plastic-free by the end of the year.
Tesco started to make its own-label wet wipes plastic-free in 2020 and has since been switching to bio-degradable viscose as it breaks down far quicker.
Tesco group quality director Sarah Bradbury said: “We have worked hard to remove plastic from our wipes as we know how long they take to break down.”
“There is no need for wet wipes to contain plastic so from now on we will no longer stock them if they do.”
In addition to being plastic-free, Tesco’s moist toilet tissue wipes are certified and labelled as ‘fine to flush’. Non-flushable wipes stocked by the supermarket are clearly labelled as ‘do not flush’.
