Aldi is doing away with plastic

Milest0ne

Oopsminty. Why would they need to stop selling the things on your list.? Our council collects bottles ,tetra packs, cans aerosols, Plastic milk cartons. and supermarket trays. All in one recycling bag. We now have to separate out paper and cardboard into new blue bins

They are all made with plastic, Milest0ne

Plastic that isn't going away. Just because your council collects it doesn't mean it disappears.

By your logic why bother stopping plastic in wrapping etc etc? You can just pop it in your new blue (plastic) bin!

Well done Aldi, on this important initiative.

The plastic that is wasted in supermarkets is ridiculous.

Oopsminty. Why would they need to stop selling the things on your list.? Our council collects bottles ,tetra packs, cans aerosols, Plastic milk cartons. and supermarket trays. All in one recycling bag. We now have to separate out paper and cardboard into new blue bins

I don't want to look round my kitchen and count the things that are or contain plastic based materials. Not taking into account the car, electric appliances, bedroom sheets and duvets, so many ordinary household items the mind boggles.

Oopsminty I didn’t say they were cutting out ALL plastic I said their fruit and veg which I think is a big improvement for a starter

Sorry should have added Material bags!

Sainsburys have got re-usable bags for their veggies & fruit.
Really useful- I have several now.

Hooray to this news!

They all have poor ratings. My own view is that it’d be better if they worked together to find solutions.

I shopped at Aldi back in the early 70s when I lived in Germany. They sold their goods out of cardboard and wooden boxes and you’d to take your own bags. What little plastic waste there was could be left for recycling at the exit.

Supermarkets have come a long way since then, but not always in the right direction.

The plastic bags and wrappings are not the only items that contain the dreaded plastic

They'll need to stop selling chewing gum, clothing (if they sell any), disposable cups, drinks in cans, glass jars with lids, glitter/glittery items/toys/, Corn-Based Biodegradable Packaging, produce stickers, Tea bags, tetra paks and Tin/Aluminium Cans.

And goodness only knows what else. Fixtures and fittings. The list is endless.

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Well they should be at the top soon then they obviously learnt by their poor ratings

Of course it’s good news when any supermarket commits to doing better on environmental issues, but it looks as though Aldi are just playing catch-up. At the end of last year, Greenpeace ranked supermarkets in order of what the were doing by way of:

1 Promises made on reduction and reuse
2 Future plans on reduction and reuse
3 Recyclability and recycled content
4 Influencing suppliers
5 Transparency

Aldi was at the bottom of the pile.

We are constantly horrified at the amount of garbage we generate as a two person family.
I shop in Lidl mainly and can’t say that our fruit and veg produce much plastic waste apart from cling film round the broccoli, mesh bags for the garlic and onions and plastic bags for carrots and potatoes.