04 Nov 2019 --- As a part of its “4Rs” strategy to tackle the use of plastics in its business, UK supermarket giant Tesco has announced its ambition remove one billion pieces of plastic from products for sale in stores nationwide by the end of 2020. The retailer will explore new opportunities to reuse its packaging and ensure that anything left is all recycled as part of a closed loop. “If packaging can’t be recycled, it will have no place at Tesco,” states the multinational grocery chain.