Call for all food packaging to be recyclable by 2013
Environmental solutions firm Green Alliance has called on retailers, packaging manufacturers, local authorities and waste firms to help make all food packaging recyclable or compostable by 2013.
The Green Alliance has devised a series of measures to help firms meet the deadline. Measures include:
- Working with central Government to ensure local authorities work to common standards.
- Providing consumers with home composting bins.
- Developing clearer labelling for consumers.
- Producing more sustainable packing for consumers.
"Consumers want to be greener but need help to reduce their waste and carbon footprint. Yet 18 per cent of household waste in the UK is food waste and a further 20 per cent is packaging. Landfill is no longer an option. Manufacturers, retailers, local authorities and waste companies can, and must, do more to help householders do the right thing."
