FROM SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S BLUE PLANET 2 to the BBC’s War On Plastic series, the word is most definitely out that our rampant consumption – and disposal – of plastic has to stop.
And a large proportion of our own plastic waste is likely to come from food shopping. According to Greenpeace, the UK’s top 10 supermarkets produce 810,000 tonnes of throwaway packaging a year, so change is desperately needed.