Iceland backtracks on plastic-free pledge

7th March 2022

// Walker claimed the grocer’s bid to improve its green credential attracted younger shoppers and workers.

Iceland has back-pedalled on its decision to remove all plastic from its shelves by 2023.

Iceland’s managing director, Richard Walker, admitted the frozen retailers’ plastic packaging pledge was likely impossible but thought it was important to try anyway.

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7th March 2022

Jasdip Sensi

// Walker claimed the grocer’s bid to improve its green credential attracted younger shoppers and workers.

Iceland has back-pedalled on its decision to remove all plastic from its shelves by 2023.

Iceland’s managing director, Richard Walker, admitted the frozen retailers’ plastic packaging pledge was likely impossible but thought it was important to try anyway.

Read the full story here.

Click here to sign up to Retail Gazette‘s free daily email newsletter

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