Lighter packaging will also help to reduce carbon emissions
Sainsbury’s has become the first UK retailer to switch its own-brand liquid laundry detergent from plastic bottles to cardboard cartons.
The retailer says the new, lighter packaging will reduce the amount of plastic used by 80% – saving 22 tonnes per year – whilst also reducing carbon emissions by 50%.
The new cardboard cartons – to be launched across Sainsbury’s entire own-brand range of 750ml laundry detergents – are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) – and can be recycled at kerbside or deposited at recycling banks.
According to data from suppliers Elopak, the new cartons – which are 35% lighter than the original packaging – will take 13 lorries off the road annually, reducing carbon emissions for this range by 50%.
Sainsbury’s say the move will help them make progress against their target to be net zero in its own operations by 2035.
The UK’s second largest supermarket has also committed to halve its use of own-brand plastic packaging by 2025.
Image courtesy of Sainsbury’s.
