UK-based Waitrose has introduced snip and slide packaging that will remove 90 tonnes of plastic waste from customers’ bins every year.
The packs can easily be snipped open and the contents slid into the pan, saving time in the kitchen as well as space in the refuse sack.
Using ‘flow pack’ technology, already used for foods such as bagged salads and crisps, the packs are robust yet lightweight enough to withstand other items being placed on top of them in the shopping basket. Minced and diced meat will be the first products to be re-packaged.