{"id":146091,"date":"2018-06-25T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/morrisons-brings-back-paper-bags-in-latest-fight-against-plastic\/"},"modified":"2018-06-25T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:20:58","slug":"morrisons-brings-back-paper-bags-in-latest-fight-against-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/morrisons-brings-back-paper-bags-in-latest-fight-against-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrisons brings back paper bags in latest fight against plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Morrisons paper bag\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/89E2\/production\/_102189253_morrisons2.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Morrisons                                                    <\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Morrisons has started selling fresh produce in old-style paper bags, rather than plastic ones, as it tries to cut the use of plastics.<\/p>\n<p>The supermarket chain, the UK&#039;s fourth largest, says it will mean 150 million fewer plastic bags are used each year. <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Theresa May has called plastic waste &quot;one of the great environmental scourges of our time&quot;. <\/p>\n<p>The UK has a target to ban &quot;avoidable&quot; waste by 2042 and all supermarkets are taking firm steps to cut plastics use. <\/p>\n<p>Interest in the issue was ignited by Sir David Attenborough&#039;s TV series Blue Planet II, whose shots of an ocean of floating plastic debris horrified many viewers.<\/p>\n<p>About 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste had been generated globally by 2015, with almost 80% of it going to landfills or the natural environment.<\/p>\n<p>All major supermarkets have introduced programmes and targets to reduce, and in some cases eliminate, single-use plastics. <\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  Morrisons<figcaption>Image caption                                      Morrisons also encourages shoppers to buy fresh meat in plastic reuseable containers                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In January this year, Iceland said it would eliminate or drastically reduce plastic packaging of all its own-label products by the end of 2023.  <\/p>\n<p>Marks &amp; Spencer says that by 2022 all its product packaging in the UK that could end up with customers will be &quot;widely recyclable&quot; -  not just recyclable in theory, but in reality. It is replacing plastic cutlery with wooden alternatives and swapping plastic straws for paper ones.<\/p>\n<p>Morrisons says its new paper bags are made from 100% recyclable paper. They will have a see-though paper strip - so that customers and Morrisons colleagues can identify the produce contained within. <\/p>\n<p>It is also encouraging customers to help in cutting down plastics waste by bringing their own containers to the butchers and fishmongers counters in return for extra loyalty points. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Morrisons Morrisons has started selling fresh produce in old-style paper bags, rather than plastic ones, as it tries to cut the use of plastics. 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