
Planet
Packaging does an important job. It protects products and reduces food waste. But it should never find its way into the environment. That's why we follow the '4Rs' – Remove where we can, Reduce it where we can’t, Reuse more of it, and Recycle what’s left.
“Removing unnecessary plastic is an important way that Tesco can reduce its environmental impact. We're proud of what we have done so far but we know we have more to do.”
We have now removed over 1.6 billion pieces of plastic from our UK business, including:
Where we can’t remove packaging, we try to reduce it to an absolute minimum. So far, we've reduced the size and weight of the packaging we use in a year by more than 3,000 tonnes, cutting:
By 2025, we will have removed plastic from 5 billion products and reuse will help us achieve this ambition. Between July 2020 and July 2022 we partnered with Loop to run the UK’s largest ever reusable supermarket packaging trial. We are now using insights from the trial and working alongside stakeholders across the value chain to understand how we best help scale reuse in future.
Our goal is for the packaging we use to be fully recyclable and contain recycled content wherever possible.
“We are determined to tackle plastic waste and one of the ways we can help is by improving reuse options available to customers. Bringing Loop to our stores is a significant milestone in this journey. With 88 everyday products available, we’re giving customers a wide range of options and we’ll learn as much as we can from this to inform our future packaging plans.”