Sainsbury’s is set to save 103 tonnes of plastic with the introduction of new cardboard hangers across its Tu Clothing Baby range.
The supermarket chain will replace five million plastic hangers following a successful trial, expanding the offer to over 400 stores nationwide.
Customers will now be able to recycle the new cardboard hangers at home or utilise Sainsbury’s in-store recycling service for previously used Tu Clothing plastic hangers.
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When checking out in store, customers and colleagues can leave behind their plastic hangers, which will then be returned for recycling.
Between January and July this year, Sainsbury’s returned 12 million hangers from checkouts, equivalent to 85 tonnes of plastic.
Sainsbury’s has made a series of changes to its packaging in recent months, including being the first UK retailer to switch its laundry detergent packaging from plastic to cardboard.
Other supermarkets have launched similar efforts, such as Tesco, which is swapping out its traditional tray wrap packs of fresh mince for new ‘pillow packs’ using 70% less plastic. Lidl has also become the first UK supermarket to incorporate Prevented Ocean Plastic into its water bottles.
