Friday 5 June 2020

wilko commits to 100% reusuable or recyclable plastic packaging by 2025

Homes and garden retailer wilko has pledged to make 100% of all its plastic packaging and products reusable or easily recyclable by 2025.

The company has signed up to the Waste and Resources Action Programme's (WRAP) Plastic Pact and committed to ensuring a minimum 30% average recycled content across its plastic packaging by April 2022.

Jerome Saint-Marc, wilko CEO, said: “As a family-owned retailer, wilko understands the responsibility it has for future generations and is committed to reducing the impact of plastic on our environment.

"We’ve been doing good for 90 years and are committed to making positive changes to impact the next 90 years and beyond."

wilko claims to have become the 'first high street retailer to offer plastic-free wipes' across all of its 22 stores, a change which is estimated to have reduced customers’ annual plastic footprint by 1,300 tonnes from the wipes and by 23 tonnes from reformulated packaging.