{"id":25979,"date":"2019-08-19T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=25979"},"modified":"2020-10-19T12:24:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T10:24:46","slug":"aldi-sustainability-cotton-swabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/aldi-nachhaltigkeit-wattestaebchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic-free cotton buds for Aldi ears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aldi Nord and Aldi S\u00fcd are switching their cotton buds to an ecological alternative: In future, the discounters will only sell cotton buds with a paper shaft and organic cotton in all shops. The plastic lid of the packaging has also been ecologically converted as part of the optimisation. This makes ALDI the first food retailer to offer its customers a completely sustainable option.<\/p>\n

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The Aldi Nord and Aldi S\u00fcd Groups continue to consistently promote the Reducing the amount of plastic<\/strong> one: As part of the ALDI packaging mission, the discounters are phasing out cotton buds with plastic shafts and replacing them with a sustainable product.<\/p>\n

The new cotton swab has a FSC-certified paper stock<\/strong> and a cotton wool head that is 100 per cent made of Organic cotton<\/strong> from controlled organic cultivation. By dispensing with plastic shafts, Aldi saves around 380 tonnes of plastic every year.<\/p>

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The packaging of the new cotton buds is also completely plastic-free: The Full cardboard box<\/strong> consists entirely of FSC-certified paper<\/strong>. After the changeover in both corporate groups, the elimination of the plastic lid will result in an additional annual plastic reduction of more than 70 tonnes. In total, Aldi will save more than 450 tonnes of plastic per year as a result of the changeover.<\/p>\n

Early product changeover<\/h2>\n

Aldi Nord's own-brand Biocura sustainable cotton buds are now available in all shops.<\/p>