{"id":699,"date":"2018-10-24T16:13:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T15:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/?p=699"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:41:25","slug":"co-op-first-in-uk-to-replace-single-use-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/2018\/10\/24\/co-op-first-in-uk-to-replace-single-use-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-op first in UK to replace single-use plastic bags with compostable alternatives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>In 2015, all shops and stores in England were required by law to charge 5 pence for single use plastic bags, in an attempt to reduce plastic pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the Co-op supermarket chain have jumped ahead of the game and are phasing out single use plastic bags entirely, and introducing an Eco-alternative.<\/p>\n<p>The change will replace around 60 million plastic bags with the biodegradable alternatives, which will also be charged at 5 pence. The new replacements will also be able to be used to store food wasted for collection.<\/p>\n<p>The new bags will be available within weeks in around 1,400 Co-op locations in England, Scotland and Wales where local food waste collection can collect the bags. Eventually, the bags will be available in all 2,600 locations, The Guardian reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Co-op will also seek to make all of its store-brand packaging easy to recycle by 2023 and use at least 50 percent recycled plastic for bottles, trays and pots by 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1496,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13717,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/13717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gecco.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}