Sainsbury's warms to emission-slashing CO2 fridges

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Retailer estimates UK could save two million tonnes of greenhouse emissions if all supermarkets switched to CO2

Switching refrigeration units to run on CO2 rather than more powerful greenhouse gases has cut Sainsbury's carbon footprint by 250,000 tonnes since it began the conversion process two years ago, the supermarket...

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