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Supermarket faces excess packaging prosecution
17 September 2010
Welcoming the announcement that Lincolnshire Trading Standards to prosecute supermarket giant Sainsbury for allegedly putting too much packaging on a joint of beef, Friends of the Earth's waste campaigner Julian Kirby said:
"Excess packaging creates enormous mountains of waste and squanders valuable resources - and the bill for dealing with this is picked up by cash-strapped consumers and council waste services.
"Supermarkets must take their environmental responsibilities seriously and ensure that they minimise the amount of packaging on their products.
"And the Government, which is currently considering its waste strategy, must come up with tough targets to ensure that manufacturers and retailers reduce the waste they create."
The coalition has yet to respond to the previous Government's Packaging Consultation.
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1. Telegraph - Sainsbury's taken to court over excess packaging
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Last modified: Sep 2010
