Aldi raises the steaks with cardboard packaging plan

Michael Holder
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Supermarket says steak packaging made from cardboard could cut 240 tonnes of plastic waste each year

Aldi is to rollout cardboard packaging for steak products across hundreds of its UK stores, as part of a trial it estimates could avoid the use of more than 240 tonnes of plastic each year. From early...

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