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Co-op to roll out recycling collection points for plastic bags to help tackle waste

The scheme will be introduced across 2,300 of its stores by November

Co-op store at Clippers Quay, Salford(Image: 漏 Chris Bull/ UNP 0845 600 7737)

Recycling collection points for plastic bags and product wrapping are being rolled out by the Co-op to thousands of stores to help tackle waste.

The Co-op's own-brand food packaging will be recyclable, either via local authority kerbside collections or through the in-store collection points, under the new initiative, the PA news agency reports.

The retailer has said the scheme, which it has said is Europe's most extensive in-store recycling scheme for plastic bags and product wrapping, will be rolled out to 2,300 of its 2,600 food stores by November.

Recycling units for "soft" plastics which are unlikely to be collected by 海角视频 councils, such as crisp packets, carrier bags, bread bags, ready meal and yogurt lids, biscuit wrappers and pet-food pouches, are being launched in 1,500 Co-op stores across the 海角视频 this month.

The retailer estimates that 300 tonnes of plastic bags and food wrapping could be collected per year once the bins are fully in place.

It follows a trial last year in 50 stores, which found that 86% of shoppers were likely to use the service, which also accepts packaging for food products purchased from other retailers.

The Co-op said the collected packaging would be turned into plastic granules by Jayplas, in the 海角视频, for use in making products ranging from bin liners and buckets to material for the construction industry.

Jo Whitfield, Co-op Food chief executive, said: "As we face into an environmental crisis, we know from our feedback that there is a universal appetite for change, which is why we are making it easier for thousands of households to recycle all of their plastic food packaging.