Tesco has announced a big change to one of its popular products. This change comes amidst the supermarket chain’s journey to becoming more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Tesco Finest pasta will now come in paper packaging, compared to its original plastic wrapper.
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The supermarket said that this move to paper packaging will save more than 10 million pieces of plastic a year, up to 30 tonnes worth.
In total ten lines, including orzo, linguine, fusilli and conchiglie, have moved into the new packaging which is 100% recyclable and can be put into household recycling bins.
Claire Lorains, Tesco Group Sustainability and Quality Director, said: “Removing unnecessary plastic is an important way that Tesco can reduce its environmental impact.
“The new paper packaging works just as well as the old plastic but can be popped into your normal recycling bin with other paper.
“We're proud of the work we’ve done so far to reduce the plastic we use at Tesco but will continue to look for ways to do more."
In 2019, Tesco launched its 4Rs packaging strategy - remove, reduce, reuse, recycle. So far, more than 2.3 billion pieces of plastic have been removed from its UK business.
Other changes so far this year include becoming the first supermarket to scrap plastic packaging for its own brand pocket tissue multi-packs, replacing it with recyclable paper and saving more than 55 million pieces of soft plastic.
Also this year, Tesco launched a new range of luxury soft toilet rolls and kitchen towels made from cardboard recycled from home delivery boxes, cardboard tubes from toilet rolls, and corrugated card waste. This process uses less water, chemicals and energy compared to using traditional tree fibre as the raw material.
