From: Packaging News

Co-op has voted to make all of its own-brand packaging recyclable, according to reports.

At the Annual General Meeting held last weekend, Co-op members voted overwhelmingly in support of the packaging motion.

Earlier this month the supermarket announced aims to have 80% of all its packaging recyclable by 2020.

Allan Leighton, chair of the Co-op, said: “The commitments we’ve made today to help fight modern slavery, cut packaging waste and back British suppliers are what the Co-op is all about. Working closely with our members, colleagues and communities I am confident that we can continue to champion a better way of doing business.”

Co-op also recently announced it was replacing the polystyrene discs with corrugated cardboard across its entire pizza range, which it said would stop 200 tonnes of polystyrene going to landfill and create almost 450 tonnes of recyclable material annually.