15 Jan 2020 --- UK retailer Co-op has committed to 100 percent own-brand recyclable packaging and aims to have phased out all non-recyclable plastics by mid-2020. Moreover, the company plans to replace them with reused or easily recycled material. This comes as “ethical spending” topped £41.1 billion (US$53.3 billion) compared to just £11.2 billion (US$14.6 billion) in 1999. This is according to the company’s 20th Ethical Consumerism Report, which is touted as a barometer of UK ethical spending. By leading this UK-wide scheme to recycle plastic film, the company aims to demonstrate to all stakeholders that plastic film recycling systems can create novel markets.
