Grocery stores fail to meettarget for cut in packaging
UK grocery retailers have failed to meet an environmental target to deliver an overall reduction in packaging waste, figures published today show.
But householders have far exceeded a target to cut the amount of food they throw away by 155,000 tonnes, managing 270,000 fewer tonnes since 2008, the report by Wrap (Waste and Resources Action Programme) shows.
Wrap described the results of the first phase of the Courtauld Commitment – targets drawn up between the UK grocery retail sector and Wrap – as “a success”.
But it acknowledged that retailers had been unable to make an overall reduction in packaging waste, with the amount consistently remaining at about 2.9m tonnes between 2006 and 2009.