{"id":104428,"date":"2025-07-16T07:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T05:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=104428"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:53:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:53:53","slug":"uk-trade-launches-initiative-for-reusable-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/uk-handel-startet-initiative-fuer-mehrwegverpackungen\/","title":{"rendered":"UK retailer launches initiative for reusable packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nine of the UK's largest food retailers, together with WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme) and government agencies, have published a declaration of intent to introduce standardised reusable packaging. The aim is to create an interoperable system in bricks-and-mortar retail and online that will significantly reduce single-use packaging.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The published plan aims to make reusable packaging - particularly pre-filled containers - more easily and widely available both in supermarkets and for online shopping. The initiative is backed by Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Lidl GB, Morrisons, Ocado Retail, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose, with support from Innovate UK, WRAP and governments from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

According to Data from GoUnpackaged suggests that switching to just 30 per cent reuse could save around \u00a3136 million a year in EPR packaging costs.<\/a> and the CO\u2082 emissions of the affected products can be reduced by up to 95 per cent.<\/p>

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Common goal by 2030<\/h3>\n

In their joint declaration, the retail companies express their intention to promote the switch to reusable packaging by 2030 through a coordinated approach. The focus is on so-called \u201eprefill\u201c solutions, i.e. reusable containers that are already filled and should be easy for consumers to use.<\/p>\n

James Bull, Chairman of the Retailer Group, emphasised: \u201eRe-use in the UK retail sector can only be achieved through collaboration and shared goals. Today's joint statement is a significant step in this direction.\u201c<\/p>\n

Paul Davidson from Innovate UK added that interoperable systems were the next logical step in the UK Plastics Pact objectives. Innovate UK had organised a three-day Innovation Lab workshop with the distributors.<\/p>\n

WRAP takes over coordination<\/h3>\n

The WRAP organisation will act as the group's secretariat and will help to align objectives, infrastructure and consumer needs.<\/p>\n

Keith James from WRAP said: \u201eThis partnership shows how much is possible when retailers and policymakers work together towards the same goal - a future where reusable packaging is the norm.\u201c<\/p>\n

The next step will be a webinar in September, where brands, manufacturers and suppliers can exchange ideas with the reuse group.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/em> The Waste and Resources Action Programme<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The published plan envisages making reusable packaging - especially pre-filled containers - more easily and widely available both in supermarkets and for online shopping.","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":104431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Neun gro\u00dfe UK-H\u00e4ndler planen mit WRAP und Regierung eine gemeinsame Mehrwegl\u00f6sung f\u00fcr Handel und Online \u2013 weniger Einweg, mehr Wiederverwendung.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Mehrwegverpackungen","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[21745,60810,38,36,59698,32,59448],"class_list":{"0":"post-104428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-maerkte","8":"tag-e-commerce","9":"tag-grossbritannien","10":"tag-lebensmittel","11":"tag-markt","12":"tag-mehrweg","13":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","14":"tag-verpackung","15":"cs-entry","16":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}