Compostable Coalition: Tesco, Marks & Spencer, and WWF join advisory board

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Packaging and recycling experts to work with coalition to research the ability of compostable packaging to replace plastics

Tesco, Marks & Spencer, and WWF have been named as the first advisory board members for a new research project from the Compostable Coalition, which is aiming to improve the performance and scalability...

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