Yes We Can: Aldi removes shrink-wrap plastic from baked bean multi-packs

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Removing shrink-wrap from baked beans will save 78 tonnes of single-use plastic from going to landfill each year. Credit: Aldi
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Removing shrink-wrap from baked beans will save 78 tonnes of single-use plastic from going to landfill each year. Credit: Aldi

Aldi continues plastic packaging crackdown, as Coca-Cola begins transition to attached bottle caps in bid to boost recycling rates

Budget supermarket Aldi has announced it is to prevent 78 tonnes of single-use plastic from going to landfill each year by removing the plastic shrink wrap from its multipacks of its Corale-branded baked...

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