Swindon Tesco Extra removes plastic packaging from some of its fruit and veg
THE Tesco Extra in Swindon is removing plastic wrapping from some of the fruit and vegetable sold at the supermarket for one month.
The Ocotal Way store is one of only two in England to be part of a trial to cut down on packaging waste by selling loose alternatives to 45 different wrapped products including apples, onions, mushrooms, peppers, bananas and avocados.
The development comes after Tesco announced last year that it would ban hard-to-recycle plastic packaging by 2019 and make all packaging fully recyclable by 2025.
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