Sainsbury’s ditches plastic in own-label mushroom punnets

Sainsbury’s is switching its own-brand mushroom punnets from plastic to cardboard.

The retailer said the move will save over 775 tonnes of plastic, equivalent to over 52 million pieces of plastic a year. It represents Sainsbury’s biggest-ever single plastics removal.

The change is being applied to all 13 own-brand lines, including top sellers such as whole baby button,

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