Sainsburys and Waitrose have issued an important update following COP26.
Many of us are trying to do our bit to reduce our carbon footprint and the supermarkets have announced a raft of changes to become more eco friendly.
In collaboration with Anya Hindmarch, a new generation of shopping bags will be able to be purchased in Sainsbury's and Waitrose.
As Birmingham Live reports, a new 100% recycled Universal Bag will be rolled out in the supermarkets in an aim to tackle climate change.
Both bags will be priced at £10.
Sainsbury’s chief marketing officer Mark Given said: “We are serious about reducing plastic and we know it’s an issue our customers and colleagues are passionate about too.
"It’s why we set an ambitious target to reduce our use of plastic packaging by 50% by 2025 and committed to making it easier for our customers to recycle while offering them more reusable options when they shop with us.
“It’s for this reason that fourteen years after we first partnered with Anya Hindmarch on the ground-breaking ‘I Am Not A Plastic Bag’ we’re delighted to join forces with her again on a brilliant new initiative, The Universal Bag. Reducing plastic and tackling the climate crisis can’t be solved in isolation, it requires collaboration and we’re proud to represent that message and inspire change as part of Anya’s new campaign.”
Waitrose executive director James Bailey added: “We recently took the decision to remove our bags for life as our research showed that they were increasingly being treated as a single use item, and this is part of our commitment to only use plastic where it can be recycled, reused or home composted by 2023.
“Plastic will continue to have its uses but we must not create any more of it unnecessarily. Instead, we must repurpose, reuse and make existing plastic materials circular – this is why we’re excited to be an early adopter of Anya Hindmarch’s new Universal Bag as it is a great example of circularity at work.”
