One Stop is swapping the green bottle tops on its British semi-skimmed standard milk with clear recyclable lids in its latest eco move.
Following a trial in partnership with milk supplier Müller, the new packaging is now being rolled out across all One Stop stores.
The move means an extra 16.5 tonnes of plastic packaging can now be more easily recycled each year.
The clear lids will be initially available on semi-skimmed standard milk, with an end goal to include skimmed and whole milk as well.
It represents a key step towards One Stop’s ambition of ensuring all packaging is recyclable across its own-label range.
Customers will be able to distinguish between the different varieties by the coloured labelling on all milk bottles.
“We’ve made the decision to implement this change across all semi-skimmed milk bottles first to have the biggest impact, with over 60% of milk sales coming from this variety,” said One Stop head of transformation Neil Thomas.
“We know coloured lids are hard to recycle. By using clear caps which can be recycled into food-grade packaging, unlike coloured lids, we will increase the volume of recycled plastic available on the market.”
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