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Are supermarkets selling us short over plastic packaging for loose produce?

Podcast: The leading UK supermarkets have made limited progress in reducing plastic packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables, despite signing up to the UK Plastics Pact’s voluntary commitment to sell at least 30 per cent of uncut fresh produce loose by 2025.

But the new EIA report UK Supermarket Sale of Loose Unpackaged Produce – Trends, barriers and opportunities reveals that transparency about loose produce sales has actually worsened since our last comparable dataset in 2021.

In this episode, EIA Ocean Campaigner Lauren Weir unwraps the facts with Senior Press and Communications Officer Paul Newman.

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Are supermarkets selling us short over plastic packaging for loose produce?

Podcast: The leading UK supermarkets have made limited progress in reducing plastic packaging for fresh fruit and vegetables, despite signing up to the UK Plastics Pact’s voluntary commitment to sell at least 30 per cent of uncut fresh produce loose by 2025.

But the new EIA report UK Supermarket Sale of Loose Unpackaged Produce – Trends, barriers and opportunities reveals that transparency about loose produce sales has actually worsened since our last comparable dataset in 2021.

In this episode, EIA Ocean Campaigner Lauren Weir unwraps the facts with Senior Press and Communications Officer Paul Newman.

Listen now →

Manufactured Legality

Timber supply chains from Laos and Cambodia into Vietnam Vietnam has made progress in recent years to rid its supply chains of illicit timber, allowing it to maintain access to lucrative export markets – but new EIA investigations show its efforts are in danger of being undermined by high-risk timber from neighbouring countries.
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Appeal: Stop whales, dolphins and porpoises from being killed in fishing gear

Every year, more than 1,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are caught and killed in fishing gear in UK waters. Help us put an end to bycatch.

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