Waitrose unveils the world's first compostable ready meal trays after finding a replacement for tricky-to-recycle black plastic Waitrose launch the first ever ready meal trays that can be composted at home Currently, most ready meal trays are being made from a type of black plastic This type of black plastic cannot be identified by many waste-sorting machines
By Consumer Affairs Editor
Published: 00:59 BST, 22 May 2019 | Updated: 00:59 BST, 22 May 2019
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Waitrose is to launch the world’s first ready meal trays that can be composted at home.
Retailers are racing to ditch excessive plastic packaging amid a war on waste. Currently, most ready meal trays are made from a type of black plastic which cannot be identified by many waste-sorting machines – meaning most of it ends up in landfill, or burned.
Waitrose says its new fibre-based packaging – which can also be recycled along with waste paper – will initially be used for its Italian range of ready meals, removing
