Jun 5, 2023
Lidl next to vac pack mince after Sainsbury's 'mush' complaints
Lidl is the latest supermarket to announce it will start vac-packing mince to use less plastic and double its shelf life. Sian Sutherland, co-founder of campaign group A Plastic Planet, said meat-soiled soft plastics were "Never going to be recycled into anything useful." She said she thought most people would put them into general waste rather than taking them to recycling points. In February, Sainsbury's announced it was the first UK retailer to vacuum pack all beef mince saving 450 tonnes of plastic each year". Shyam Unarket, Lidl GB's head of responsible sourcing and ethical trade, said the change was part of Lidl's plan to reduce its own-label plastic packaging by 40% by 2025, he said. He said switching to vac packed mince would cut more than 250 tonnes of plastic from packaging a year.
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