Co-op calls for moratorium on oxo-degradable plastics
Co-op has called for a moratorium on oxo-degradable plastics, despite the health and environment impacts remaining unknown.
The convenience retailer’s call comes after the British Standards Institution (BSI) published a new specification which support the sale in UK markets of plastic materials that use additives to accelerates degradation.
While oxo-degradable plastics will be banned across the EU from next year, very similar plastics are set to be allowed in the UK despite health and environmental implications being as yet unknown.
Retail Gazette
Related news
The 2024 FMCG Retailer Ranking is out now
Everything remains the same: Lidl, SPAR and Tesco are the…
Read more >Coop achieved sales of 860 billion in 2024
Thanks to an increase of about 4 percent, the COOP…
Read more >Who won and who lost in 2024? – Spectacular differences in results in food retail
The balance of the 2024 business year in the food…
Read more >Related news
A thousand water experts are working to combat the drought
A thousand water experts are working nationwide to combat the…
Read more >Hungary is free from highly pathogenic avian influenza again
Hungary is once again considered free from avian influenza according…
Read more >