Tuesday 14 July 2020
Aldi has announced it is scrapping the plastic lids that form part of its Mamia baby wipe packaging in a move it expects will avoid around 80 million pieces of plastic being used and thrown away a year.
From the middle of August, the supermarket will start selling the products without a solid plastic lid, as part of its wider commitment to halve the volume of plastic packaging used by 2025.
Fritz Walleczek, Managing Director of Corporate Responsibility at Aldi, said: “We are always looking for ways to reduce the amount of plastic we use and removing single-use plastic lids from the packaging of our baby wipes, without compromising their award-winning quality, is yet another step towards achieving our goals.”
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