Aldi is trialling the removal of pulp trays and punnet packaging on multiple of its fruit and vegetable products.

Changes include the removal of plastic punnets from its Nature’s Pick Cherry Tomatoes in select stores, with the change already in place on its Nature’s Pick Sliced Mushrooms and soon to follow on its Baby Plum Tomatoes.

If implemented across all of Aldi’s stores, the changes are expected to remove over 370 tonnes of plastic and packaging per year.

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Aldi plastics and packaging director Luke Emery said: “At Aldi, we are constantly reviewing ways to reduce excess plastic and packaging, and these trials on a range of our fruit and vegetables are the next steps in helping us achieve our goals.

“Becoming a more sustainable supermarket is important to not only us, but our customers too, and further reducing packaging is just one of many changes to come.”

The new trial comes as just one of the latest changes the supermarket has implemented recently to reduce its environmental impact and develop alternative packaging across its lines.

Last month, the discounter began trialling the removal of plastic packaging on its banana products, while earlier this year it switched to recycled plastic for both its own-brand crisps and washing-up liquid lines.