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GERMAN RETAILER LIDL has announced that it will begin to offer customers in-store recycling stations in order to reduce packaging waste.
The supermarket chain said that segregated recycling stations will begin to be introduced at the end of customer checkouts in all of its 160 Irish stores from the beginning of next month.
It said that it anticipated that rollout would result in tonnes of plastic, cardboard and other materials being recycled across their store network.
Plastic packaging is a big contribution to Ireland’s waste, with consumers becoming increasingly conscious over single use plastics like straws and cutlery. Lidl discontinued sales of these and similar items last year.
The company said that it had trialed recycling stations in three Lidl stores in Gorey, Greystones and Ballycullen and that they had been a big success.
“We know from Repak research that Ireland is one of the leading recycling countries in the EU for packaging recycling, however Ireland’s EU target for recycling is to increase to 65% by 2025,” Lidl Ireland’s Managing Director JP Scally said in a statement.
“We want to play our part in supporting the country to achieve this target through our recycling stations nationwide,” he added.
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Great to see. This is done in all grocery stores in Germany. Maybe this will shake up the others to follow.
@Brendan Cooney: Ireland is in kind a part of Germany. Ruled by Germany.
@Michael Maher: nonsense and ignorant
@Michael Maher: gobsh1ite comment
@Michael Maher:
We would be far better off if we were.
@In my opinion:Seien Sie recht, wie ihnen gesagt wird.
@iohanx: Who is the EU BOSS ?
Or are you from another planet.
@Patrick Nolan German run Hospitals would definitely be better.
Every Lidl helps…
but are they working to reduce packaging such as single use plastics esp in their fruit and veg packaging??
@Yoichi Hoashi: Every Lidl step counts……………..thanks Brian Ahern
@Yoichi Hoashi: Lidl don’t put packaging on fruit and veg, they sell them.
@Yoichi Hoashi: be positive this is a good start !
@Yoichi Hoashi: Are you?
@Yoichi Hoashi: most fruit and veg in Lidl can be bought loose.
Great, note to self: remember to bring the can opener with me doing the shopping.
They have a habit of firing the groceries at ya now we can fire the packaging back!
Barcodes on four sides of their products means they can process faster than you can pack.
@Darach Malone: only if you’re an amateur packer. I’m often waiting for the stuff at my trolley such is my prep and bag etiquette.
Well done Lidl.. Where Lidl and Aldi lead all the others only follow!!
I thought they already had a cage thing behind the checkout everyone uses for throwing pizza boxes and stuff in? Or is that Aldi
@Tom Nolan: You’re thinking of Quinnsworth.
Maybe they can do something more useful, like actually try to cut down the queue times. The amount of times I’ve gone in for one or two things and there’s always a six thousand foot queue of people with one person on the checkouts.
@Dan Skelton: Well then we wouldn’t get stuff so cheap. If your time is so precious, go somewhere else
Most of lidl and Aldi plastic packaging are non recyclable. Have a look next time you shop!
If you want to feel better about the amount of plastic you throw out, make ECO Bricks http://www.sealrescueireland.org/blog/ecobricks
@Fenster: I don’t think they’re meant to make you feel better about it….
However so many plastics in their store are not recycable
I thought they already did that. The trolleys are full of cereal boxes.
How will this reduce the use of plastic. All it does is make it look like Lidl care but they are not actually doing anything to reduce plastic use.
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