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Tesco: “no value” in packs that are only industrially compostableJill Park, 20 October 2009Be the first to comment on this article Tesco’s packaging technical manager has told Packaging News that the supermarket giant “does not see the value” in using packs that can only be industrially composted. Stephen Pizer was speaking a week after the retailer’s head of waste and recycling Sion Stanfield told a conference that the group was “not taking compostable packaging any further”. Pizer told Packaging News: “We are open to talking to people and to reviewing new materials, but we want to make sure we are not complicating matters by adding materials.” “We do not see the value in using packaging that’s only industrially compostable,” said Pizer. “Local authorities do not want to touch it as it can contaminate existing recycling schemes.” The retailer currently uses compostable cellulose-based based Natureflex for packaging of some of its organic produce range. The packs have been chosen as they are home compostable. Tesco will continue to monitor material developments, such as the moves made by Coca-Cola to use conventional PET made from renewable resources. Stanfield told delegates at the LARAC conference in Liverpool last week that “Tesco is not taking compostable packaging any further”. Tesco is not the first supermarket to express doubts over the use of compostable plastics or controversial bioplastics. A number of other supermarkets, including Asda, have decided not to use degradable plastics due to concerns over their effect on the recycling stream for non-compostable materials. Click here for today’s headlines from across the packaging industry Speak Your Mind |
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